(02-25-2022, 12:34 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(02-25-2022, 09:32 AM)jagibelieve Wrote: For starters he should open the Keystone pipeline and get energy production running the way that it was under President Trump.  Also he should push to get Russia either removed from or limited access to the SWIFT banking system.

Keystone pipeline is for very heavy oil.  Europe isn't dependent on heavy oil from Russia.  They are dependent on natural gas from Russia.  The Keystone pipeline has nothing to do with any of this.
As for the SWIFT system, I tend to agree, though I wonder how easy it would be to let them back in if and when they leave Ukraine. Biden seems to be waiting on agreement from UK and Germany that it's the right time to play the SWIFT card.  UK and Germany would be risking a lot more from such a move than the US.

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(02-25-2022, 09:44 AM)jagibelieve Wrote: As usual you are wrong.  Biden actually gave Putin a huge gift last year.

Get your facts right before you spout off.

Yes, he lifted those sanctions for a little while against better advice, but, the pipeline never became operational and the sanctions are back in place now.  Putin and his regime got no benefit from Biden's temporary lapse in judgement.

Once again you are wrong.  The Keystone Pipeline shutdown by your president was the first mistake, along with basically killing the oil and gas industry.  Do you even realize how much oil we import from Russia now vs. 2019?  We are essentially financing this invasion all in the name of "climate control" and reversing everything that President Trump did.

So you admit that you were wrong with your statement "The sanctions Trump put on Russia are still in place.  Biden has put sanctions on Russia in addition to the ones Trump did."?

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