US Will Not Tolerate German-Russian Cooperation - Germany Goes From Nord Stream Pipeline Cooperation With Russia to Arming Ukraine With Weaponry Against Russia

Editor's note: What the US and the UK will never tolerate under any circumstances is an alliance between Germany and Russia. The combined strength of Germany's technological capacity and Russia's resources will never be allowed to take place. And just in case anyone might be wondering why Germany is now arming Ukraine to the teeth against Russia, the following RT News article might give another reason why Germany flipped on Russia. 

The Crisis in Ukraine Is Not About Ukraine. It's About Germany

Germany Sent Thousands Of Landmines To Ukraine, Russian Forces Are Already Capturing Them (Photos)

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Source: RT News

Brussels and Berlin's witch-hunt against ex-German chancellor who defended Germany and the EU against US pressure

Gerhard Schroeder is being targeted despite acting in the best interests of his home country, and the wider EU

Rachel Marsden is a columnist, political strategist, and host of independently produced talk-shows in French and English.

Gerhard Schroeder has spent his private-sector career since leaving office in 2005 effectively furthering the cause of European economic strength by developing sources of cheap Russian energy to serve the EU's industrial and consumer needs. If Germany and the bloc still have the ability to say no to Washington without having to worry about the economic repercussions that they could face, Schroeder should be at the top of their thank-you lists for that.

Instead, the European Parliament has now drafted a resolution – non-binding at this stage – urging Brussels

"to extend the list of individuals targeted by EU sanctions to the European members of the boards of major Russian companies and to politicians who continue to receive Russian money."

The resolution does not name any names, but such an extension would mean that Schroeder, as well as several others, could become the target of asset freezes and property confiscations. Such measures are currently being applied to Russian 'oligarchs', who have lost their mansions and yachts on EU territory. Now, the bloc could start taking away property from its own citizens.

The threat of this has pushed Schroeder into resigning his position as chairman of the supervisory board of Russian oil giant Rosneft, which he has occupied since 2017. He is also chairman of the shareholders' committee of the Nord Stream pipeline projects to deliver Russian gas to European markets through Germany. These projects are cornerstones of German and broader European economic independence, notably from dependence on American energy – which is why Washington hounded and sanctioned them into stoppage.

Schroeder was well rewarded for the jobs in the Russian energy sector – reportedly to the tune of $1 million a year (including $600,000 at Rosneft), but this is not that unusual compared to other former high-ranking politicians who moved on to make money in the private sector.

Read more: Ex-German chancellor quits Russian oil giant

"Putin's pipeline" is what Nord Stream 2 has been called by Republican Senator Ted Cruz, who fled to the warmer climes of Cancun, Mexico, when his home state of Texas couldn't even power itself in the middle of a winter cold snap in February 2021. Cruz has led the push – framed as being for Europe's own security – since 2020 for the EU to drop Russian gas under threat of US sanctions. He wrote in June, 2020:

"The pipeline would increase Germany's energy dependency on Russia while also bypassing the existing pipelines that run through Ukraine and the Baltic states, thereby depriving those nations of much needed transshipment revenues that each country currently receives." 

So, it hardly comes as a surprise that when the Ukrainian conflict broke out in February, Washington leveraged the opportunity to guilt the EU into dropping its own longstanding strategic energy projects rather than continuing to fight the US sanctions designed specifically to whittle down European energy diversity in favor of increased dependence on the US.

Read more: Germany's ex-leader loses privileges over Russia connection

Brussels is now acting as if it's making a moral sacrifice by turning away from Russian energy towards an American supply that isn't even yet available and the repercussions of which – environmental, economic, or security-wise – are still largely unknown. But how exactly is it morally superior – rather than foolishly shortsighted – to favor a provider that has been responsible for far more military conflicts in the world over the course of its modern history than Russia has? US-driven aggression includes the second war in Iraq, launched in March 2003, which Gerhard Schroeder vehemently opposed as German chancellor.

Please go to RT News to read more.

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And Russia's Vladimir Putin speaks fluent German:

Schroeder Quits Rosneft Job After Pressure Over Putin Ties

More weapons and munitions to Ukraine from Germany:

Germany to send Ukraine weapons in historic shift on military aid

Germany to send anti-aircraft systems to Ukraine in policy shift

Well US and Germany, are your country's political leaders certain about continuing this economic now military war against Russia?

Ruble smashes four-year high against US dollar

Germany runs the tightest economy in Europe so watch Germany's PPI (Producer Price Index). Germany needs energy to run its economy and the PPI shot up to 30 percent. It shot up because of energy costs so Germany is buying gas in rubles. 

Germany - Producer Price Index (PPI)

This measure of German inflation just hit its highest level since 1949

Seems Germany has always had a thing for fascism. That historic shift mentioned in the article above came out of this confederation between the CIA and NATO:

Sleepwalking Into Fascism: Why CIA/NATO's Foreign Policy Has Been Consistent for the Past 77 years

Way to go Bush, that's being a real man isn't it?

Bush Admits US Broke Promise on NATO Expansion; Says Ukraine Should 'Destroy as Many Russian Troops' as Possible

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