this post was submitted on 14 May 2025
12 points (100.0% liked)
askchapo
23019 readers
189 users here now
Ask Hexbear is the place to ask and answer ~~thought-provoking~~ questions.
Rules:
-
Posts must ask a question.
-
If the question asked is serious, answer seriously.
-
Questions where you want to learn more about socialism are allowed, but questions in bad faith are not.
-
Try !feedback@hexbear.net if you're having questions about regarding moderation, site policy, the site itself, development, volunteering or the mod team.
founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Why would that have stopped the war? Europe is still buying Russian oil through intermediaries despite more than a dozen rounds of sanctions.
No gas through Ukraine, no money for them either
No gas through Nordstream and Russia is still getting money from Europe for Russian gas. The point I am making is that cutting Russian gas delivery off from Europe has already been done and all it means is Europe pays even higher prices for Russian gas because they're still buying it through middlemen. Cutting off direct petroleum supply to Europe has not and would not stop the war, that is exactly why the USA blew up Nordstream and forced Europe to sanction Russian petroleum.
As Europe is finding out, you can't win a war by fucking your own economy voluntarily.