Is Germany Responsible for Putin’s War on Ukraine?

Germany does have notable failures when it comes to Ukraine. I write about some of them in my previous post, “Will Putin Make Europe Crumble?”

In light of the recent sabotage, Germany’s decision to proceed with the construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline despite evidence of Putin’s desired expansionism in 2008, in Georgia; 2014, in Crimea; and from 2014 to 2022, in the Donbas, has backfired.

This pipeline would funnel gas owned by the mentioned Gazprom under the Baltic Sea, avoiding both Poland and Ukraine, to…