Comments by "TJ Marx" (@tjmarx) on "German mask scandal: ‘Unforgiveable violations of ethical standards’ | Conflict Zone" video.
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@Mephy0712 Nothing was being explained when he was waffling, that's the point. He was just deflecting, he didn't want to explain because the actual answers aren't pleasant.
The actual questions did not have complex answers. Here's the answers to his questions
Nordstrom 2 costs less to Germany to complete and never use, than it does to pause, halt to terminate. If they pause, halt or terminate it German taxpayers owe billions to Russia and to construction partners.
The existence of such a contract creates an environment where Russia is able to influence German domestic and foreign policy.
On the basis of that he would like to stop talking about halting Nordstrom 2 and talk about whether they'll ever use it or not instead, and not talk about the influence Russia has on German politics.
When asked about energy security for Europe if Russia cuts off supply. He said that by relying more on Russia for supply and connecting all of europe to that supply through a couple of pipelines from Russia, then the energy supply is somehow going to be more secure.
When asked about using Nordstrom to influence Russia on human rights he said it is important to decouple trade and human rights because trade can't influence human rights anyway. When asked about China he said it's important to couple trade and human rights because obviously those things go together and it will clearly help influence things.
In other words what he's saying is, yes, Germany will absolutely put trade/business deals above human rights and will say whatever it has to in order to justify that.
What he's also saying is that the USA has been run around complaining about this country or that country as a sales tactic for their own products. The USA would like Nordstrom 2 to halt not because of genuine concern over human rights, but because they have millions of tonnes of natural gas from fracking they want to unload somewhere. The USA aren't talking about China human rights out of genuine concern but because they want those trade contracts signed with US companies instead.
There you go, that was essentially the entire interview, most of it was the minister trying to deflect from those things.
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@Mephy0712 That's the entire point of the show, to not be respectful. That's why there's conflict. Look we all know our politicians are lying to us and shows like conflict zone are about yelling at those politicians and "owning" them. The premise is to trap them in their own web of lies, to expose them, to force them to be truthful especially when the truth would mean no one would vote for them.
Most of the time they'll just blah away and get interrupted, but the audience will feel good that they're being talked to like that. People enjoy seeing politicians humiliated, it makes them feel like the politicians are being held accountable.
That's the format. If you like the format, great. If you don't like the format, why keep watching and complaining about it? Lots of people love the format, it's why shows like this exist on every news network on the planet.
No one is trying to convince you of anything, you pretended to not understand and it was explained to you. If after hearing the explanation you don't like it, that's cool every show isn't for everyone. If you don't like a show, be normal and go find a different show you like instead
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