Remember when we lifted the moratorium on Russia’s Nordstream 2 last year?

We rewarded Russia with European energy control despite nearly a decade of Russian-backed war in Ukraine, and now America/Western Europe pretends to be shocked that Putin was bold enough to wage a full on invasion on Kyiv?

If you give a monster leverage to wage war, don’t be surprised when they decide to use that leverage. Merkel and Biden offered this opportunity. The sanctions we slap on now are just lip service.