And Europeans just sleep walked right into this trap.
It’s because they painted themselves into a corner by burning bridges with Russia. At this point, they’re in a situation where they have hostile Russia on their border, and they lack a credible military of their own. This situation gives the US a huge amount of leverage over Europe.
Their bridges with Russia can be rebuilt.
But even if that’s a bridge too far, they could embrace Chinese solar and batteries and electrification. A large up front investment for the ability to generate their own power and cut fossil fuel dependency. China would happily work with them even if they still refuse reproachment with Russia.
Instead they’re just idly waiting for the US to complete their colonization.
For sure, working with China would’ve been hands down the sanest thing to do, alas racism.
More like a reconquista than a colonization
This what the war has been about all along. They could buy oil and gas from Southwest Asia and North Africa but they hate Arabs and Muslims even more than they hate Russians.
As I called it here, the goal is clearly to force Europe to become a captive energy market for the US. China used to be a big customer for American LNG, but with Power of Siberia 2 now having been approved, that market will dry up. The US will force Europeans to buy their surplus instead.
https://dialecticaldispatches.substack.com/p/europes-new-gilded-cage
