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7/17/2025, 7:38:40 AM
>If hypocrisy were an energy source, NATO could ditch Russian gas tomorrow.
>On July 15, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte delivered a pompous warning from Washington, threatening secondary sanctions of 100% on Brazil, China, and India for continuing to buy Russian oil and gas.
>The former Dutch prime minister, now playing global morality enforcer, declared that if these countries didn’t fall in line, they’d be hit hard—very hard—because apparently, NATO now decides how sovereign nations conduct their energy trade.
>“Listen,” he intoned, “if you’re the president of China, the prime minister of India, or the president of Brazil, and you’re still trading with the Russians… I will slam secondary sanctions on you of 100%.”
>But here’s the little detail the sanctimonious little Rutte forgot to mention: in June 2025 alone, the EU’s five biggest fossil fuel buyers shelled out €1.2 billion to Russia. And over 72% of that was for natural gas—the very thing the EU refuses to sanction.
>Why? Because that’s how Europe stays warm, powers its factories, and keeps pretending it’s morally superior. Let’s not forget, 23 of NATO’s 32 members are part of the EU.
>On July 15, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte delivered a pompous warning from Washington, threatening secondary sanctions of 100% on Brazil, China, and India for continuing to buy Russian oil and gas.
>The former Dutch prime minister, now playing global morality enforcer, declared that if these countries didn’t fall in line, they’d be hit hard—very hard—because apparently, NATO now decides how sovereign nations conduct their energy trade.
>“Listen,” he intoned, “if you’re the president of China, the prime minister of India, or the president of Brazil, and you’re still trading with the Russians… I will slam secondary sanctions on you of 100%.”
>But here’s the little detail the sanctimonious little Rutte forgot to mention: in June 2025 alone, the EU’s five biggest fossil fuel buyers shelled out €1.2 billion to Russia. And over 72% of that was for natural gas—the very thing the EU refuses to sanction.
>Why? Because that’s how Europe stays warm, powers its factories, and keeps pretending it’s morally superior. Let’s not forget, 23 of NATO’s 32 members are part of the EU.
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