the arrogance and ignorance of the empire always entertains me but this one is beyond that usual mark. the empire is openly attempting to control europe and germany in its energy policy and procedure, and it will fail bringing me great levels of entertainment;

The U.S. crossed the Rubicon this week. And I’m not talking about the ridiculous impeachment of President Trump for doing his job.

I’m talking about passing the NDAA with provisions to sanction ‘from hell’ anyone associated with completion of the Nordstream 2 pipeline. The U.S. is now openly dismissive as a matter of law any ally or partner who engages in economic activity it disapproves of.

We do this all the time with countries we consider rivals or who have committed ‘human rights abuses’ or contravened international laws or societal norms.

But this is about a simple commercial transaction. Yes, it has geopolitical implications, but those are secondary. No one will be harmed by Nordstream 2, The real harm is to the U.S.’s ability to bring political pressure on European countries to adopt its anti-Russian policies.............https://www.lewrockwell.com/2019/12/thomas-luongo/nordstream-sanctions-a-sad-coda-to-u-s-foreign-policy/