This decision is a total surrender to Putin. It is a multibillion-dollar gift that will keep on giving in perpetuity at the expense
of the United States and our allies. It is a generational geopolitical mistake. Russian dictators, decades from now, will be
reaping billions of dollars every year from President Joe Biden’s gift.

It is also in defiance of U.S. law. To implement this catastrophic deal, Biden has waived mandatory, bipartisan sanctions
that the Senate authored and led, and that former President Donald Trump signed into law not once, but twice.

Those sanctions shut down construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline — until the Biden administration took over,
at which point Putin assessed that if he restarted construction, the U.S. would roll over.

Unfortunately, Putin was right.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/jo ... li=BBnb7Kz

Congressional hearings are all but intentionally designed to be uninteresting, but anyone who tuned into
the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing this Tuesday would have seen something remarkable.


Senator Ted Cruz - asked Undersecretary of State Victoria Nuland if she agreed that allowing
Russian President Vladimir Putin to complete his Nord Stream 2 pipeline to Germany would be
“a disaster for American national security,” that it would make our European allies subject to
economic and energy blackmail from Russia, and that it would empower Putin to carry out exactly
that blackmail. She tersely answered, “I do, senator.”

Biden handed Putin the biggest gift he’s received in years. He also signaled to Putin that
when push comes to shove, the American president is weak and will bow to political pressure.

And the State Department knows it and even says it out loud.

You have to put this in context. In short, measures are in plance to counter any geopolitical leverage this may favor Russia. In other words, billions to Ukraine and Poland for development and implementation of alternate engery sourdces, amoung other things. It is diengenous of you to pull one statement out and ignore the rest of the story.

https://apnews.com/article/europe-busin ... f2f0320f35

At every turn Biden is missing the mark with Russia....

They can hack the US - Biden claims he might hack back - but Russia is ahead of
the US in that regard as well.... They have the ability to shield their entire country
from attack and we don't.....

https://www.yahoo.com/news/russia-disco ... 22022.html