Biden accomplishments

homeagain wrote: ''The big picture: As Axios has previously reported, the completion of Nord Stream 2 would be a huge geopolitical win for Putin and give him substantial new leverage in Europe.''

Putin has STAYING POWER (with the new election)and his MASTER plan ALWAYS included engulfing
Europe.

So you have no problem with Biden helping evil Putin to complete his plan and strengthen this reign? If Trump gave him this kind of help, I'm pretty sure you would have thought that was a very bad idea.

Putin's ultimate goal is to restore the glory that was once his countries legacy. I do not believe either
TRUMP or BIDEN can match his vigorous and vibrant intent. Being EX KGB, is the essential factor.

Trump was a puppet and Biden' strength is not bold enough to outwit....in chess, the winner would be Putin

homeagain wrote: Putin's ultimate goal is to restore the glory that was once his countries legacy. I do not believe either
TRUMP or BIDEN can match his vigorous and vibrant intent. Being EX KGB, is the essential factor.

Trump was a puppet and Biden' strength is not bold enough to outwit....in chess, the winner would be Putin

Other than general animosity, why do you believe Trump was a sock puppet and Biden is just a dupe?

. nypost.com/2020/09/23/gop-senators-relea...unter-biden-burisma/

www.pri.org/stories/2019-07-26/learn-how...kgb-training-manuals

UNLESS your opponent is trained with the SAME techniques that U employ..... the TRAINED player
has the upper hand.....manipulation and understanding human nature....KGB,NO match for our
career politicians/egocentric leader (Trump)....Trump was enamored with THE POWER OF PUTIN,thus he was easily manipulated. Biden is a permanent fixture on the political stage...NOT bold and calculating,he
still has a mindset from past generations.....(not a bad thing, just NOT useful in the present P.O.S.)
NO TRADECRAFT FROM EITHER

Sorry HA, but I can't let you keep dodging the core question without pushing you for an answer. Biden basically gave Putin the green light on that pipeline and Trump did the opposite. Words matter but action matter much more... so who's actions helped Putin and who's actions hurt him? The US was dominating energy production which was helping the US and was hurting the Russians, and that is a fact that can not be denied.

www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-waive...e-source-2021-05-19/

THIS tells a different story.....the pipeline was OVER 95% complete (under whose watch?) GERMANY
is the germane topic.

homeagain wrote: www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-waive...e-source-2021-05-19/

THIS tells a different story.....the pipeline was OVER 95% complete (under whose watch?) GERMANY
is the germane topic.

What about OUR pipeline? What was the real reason for killing it other than just to stick another finger in Trump's eye? Is having to import oil again really a good thing?

The fact is that Biden helped Putin, plain and simple.

Rick wrote:

homeagain wrote: www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-waive...e-source-2021-05-19/

THIS tells a different story.....the pipeline was OVER 95% complete (under whose watch?) GERMANY
is the germane topic.

What about OUR pipeline? What was the real reason for killing it other than just to stick another finger in Trump's eye? Is having to import oil again really a good thing?

The fact is that Biden helped Putin, plain and simple.

U, conveniently, did NOT respond to the bolded.....WHO HELPED WHO?

homeagain wrote:

Rick wrote:

homeagain wrote: www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-waive...e-source-2021-05-19/

THIS tells a different story.....the pipeline was OVER 95% complete (under whose watch?) GERMANY
is the germane topic.

What about OUR pipeline? What was the real reason for killing it other than just to stick another finger in Trump's eye? Is having to import oil again really a good thing?

The fact is that Biden helped Putin, plain and simple.

U, conveniently, did NOT respond to the bolded.....WHO HELPED WHO?

In case you missed it, I bolded it for you.

A road sign directs traffic towards the Nord Stream 2 gas line landfall facility entrance in Lubmin, Germany, September 10, 2020. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke/File Photo

A road sign directs traffic towards the Nord Stream 2 gas line landfall facility entrance in Lubmin, Germany, September 10, 2020. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke/File Photo

The Biden administration waived sanctions on the company behind Russia's Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to Germany and its chief executive, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday, a move decried by critics of the project in Congress.

A State Department report sent to Congress concluded that Nord Stream 2 AG and its CEO, Matthias Warnig, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, engaged in sanctionable activity. But Blinken immediately waived those sanctions, saying that it was in the U.S. national interest.

The decision came as the Biden administration seeks to rebuild ties with Germany, after relations deteriorated under Republican former President Donald Trump. The waivers have no specific end date, but can be rescinded by the secretary of state.

The State Department imposed sanctions on four Russian ships, including the Akademik Cherskiy, which began pipe-laying for the project in Danish waters in April. It also imposed the measures on five other Russian entities, including the Russian Marine Rescue Service.

"Today's actions demonstrate the administration’s commitment to energy security in Europe, consistent with the President’s pledge to rebuild relationships with our allies and partners in Europe," Blinken said in a release, issued as he met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Iceland for an Arctic Council conference.

President Joe Biden, a Democrat, has opposed the $11 billion project that would take Russian gas from the Arctic to Germany, saying it is a bad deal for Europe. The United States is an exporter of natural gas to Europe in the form of LNG, but Russian gas is cheaper.

Washington fears Russia could use Nord Stream 2 as leverage to weaken European Union states by increasing dependency on Moscow.

STOPPING PIPELINE IS A 'LONG SHOT'

Russia's state energy company, Gazprom (GAZP.MM), and its Western partners are racing to finish the pipeline to send natural gas under the Baltic Sea. The project, now about 95% complete, would bypass Ukraine, depriving it of lucrative transit fees and potentially undermining its struggle against Russian aggression.

A U.S. official conceded that stopping the project would be difficult but that Washington would keep trying. "We inherited a pipeline that was over 90% complete and so stopping it has always been a long shot," the State Department official said.

At the rate it is being constructed, Nord Stream 2 will be finished before the end of the year, if not sooner, analysts said.

U.S. lawmakers from both parties who oppose the project said the sanctions did not go far enough, as Russia could likely continue work.

Senator Jim Risch, the senior Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said the waivers will be "a gift to Putin that will only weaken the United States’ leverage in the lead up to the impending Biden-Putin summit."

Biden "should do everything possible to accomplish what the Trump administration failed to do for four years: stop the completion of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline for good," said Senator Bob Menendez, a Democrat and chair of the committee.

AGAIN UNDER WHOSE WATCH.....TRUMP'S. 4 years of time span..... lost, because Trump was
TOTALLY into Putin....kissing his ring and reveling in a bromance.