‘An attack on a critical infrastructure which ensures the safe supply of any country must be considered as an attack on the sovereignty of that given country,’ Peter Szijjarto said.
How secure is any alliance in which the dominant partner attacks its allies? How stable is the vaunted 'rules based order' when destroying your allies’ energy supply is permitted?
The now-delayed meetings were slated to address the New START Treaty (Strategic Arms Reduction) after recent escalations in the Ukrainian conflict leading to heightened risk of nuclear engagement.
'It’s a tremendous opportunity to once and for all remove the dependence on Russian energy and thus to take away from Vladimir Putin the weaponization of energy as a means of advancing his imperial designs,' said Antony Blinken
‘Be strategic, be smart (brilliant!), get a negotiated deal done NOW,’ Trump said. ‘Both sides need and want it. The entire World is at stake. I will head up group???’
‘Blow up the Nord Stream pipelines? Okay, we’ve entered a new phase. One in which the United States is directly at war with the largest nuclear power in the world.’
Speculation regarding US involvement in damages sustained to the Nord Steam pipelines grows in the wake of an apparent threat made by President Joe Biden earlier this year to 'bring an end to it' if Russia should invade Ukraine.