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@Skiluros

"what was Merkel’s desirable state outcome?"

"What was her goal? Surely, this is not an unreasonable ask."

Certainly, an interesting question.

I see it this way: She ignored what had happened, believed Germany could benefit from the cheap fossil energy (gas and oil) out of Russia and things would go well somehow... or at least believed, it will not get that bad.

@Skiluros

NS2 was build by Angela Merkel, alone? Of course not. Even if she would have build it by her own hands (alone) - she was elected by voters, you can not deny there were so many people involved.

What about Gerhard Schröder? Why not blame him? Or Daniela Schwesig? Again, the voters decided to put these people into power.

But I totally agree with you, that the reaction of europe politicans to russian imperialism was weak. There should have been much more attention and much more consequences (since the 90s).

@Skiluros

"She enabled putin and promoted russian imperialism. Even to this day she refuses to speak clearly about this."

Can you give some examples for that claim? Anyway, I still believe there were more people involved, a single person can not be made responsible for consolidation of her position.

@Skiluros

It's a mistake to say that she (as a single person) is responsible for all the problems nowadays.

Do you think Putin woldn't have attacked, if Ukraine would have joined the NATO? Nobody knows. There is just no indication to believe such an step would have prevented the problems nowadays.