" Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is jumping up and down, screaming the US, German deal on Nord Stream 2 pipeline will ‘undermine’ US national security. It turns out he is right. That is if America’s national interests include keeping Russia and other countries from going anywhere economically. And if heaven or good reason does permit cooperation, there are those who would advise a first strike to save the world order. No, seriously. Read to the end."
" Pompeo threw his hat in the ring as the US and Germany reached a deal to resolve their long-standing dispute over the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. The US narrative about the pipeline has been focused on portraying Russian President Vladimir Putin as a chess-playing supervillain bent on keeping Europe dependent on his country’s energy. However, nowhere in this narrative does one find the real supervillains, the bankers, and big oil interests desiring to contain the world’s biggest country."
" For those unfamiliar, Nord Stream 2 is an underwater twin pipeline for transporting natural gas from Russia directly to Germany. The pipeline is 1,230 kilometers long and follows the existing Nord Stream twin pipeline route underneath the Baltic Sea. The original Nord Stream pipeline has an annual capacity of 55 billion cubic meters (bcm). With the new pipeline, this capacity will double to 110 bcm."