Fueling Russia's Aggression
The Ben Ferguson Podcast
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4.9 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 10 September 2020
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
What would happen if Russia gained total control over Europe’s oil supply? Senator Ted Cruz and Michael Knowles come together to warn against the havoc that a new oil pipeline, Nord Stream 2, is poised to wreak on the world if Russia completes their metal monstrosity. Then, the Senator talks about his new legislation aimed at blocking this hostile takeover of Europe’s energy supply chain. Plus, Senator Cruz issues a shocking correction to one of the pair’s previous mailbag segments.
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| 0:00.0 | As tensions ratchet up between Moscow, Russia, and the West, Germany is inviting Putin right into the heart of Europe. |
| 0:09.6 | And the worst part of all is very few people even know that it's happening. |
| 0:13.1 | Well, we know one person who knows it's happening who's been very involved in this now for years. |
| 0:18.0 | This is Verdict with Ted Cruz. |
| 0:25.3 | Yeah. now for years. This is Verdict with Ted Cruz. Welcome back to Verdict. I'm Michael Knowles, joined as ever by Senator Ted Cruz. Senator, |
| 0:30.6 | this is a subject which I will just put it out on the table. I know absolutely nothing about. |
| 0:36.0 | I have heard little rumblings here and there, but there is |
| 0:39.3 | something called Nord Stream 2. I know this involves oil going to Europe. I know this involves |
| 0:45.7 | Germany. I know this involves Russia. That's all I know, but it's apparently a very big deal and nobody's |
| 0:51.8 | talking about it. All right. Well, I hope somebody knows something or else this is going to be a very short |
| 0:56.0 | podcast. But so Nord Stream 2 is a natural gas pipeline that is being constructed from Russia |
| 1:05.0 | to Germany. And Russia has massive oil and gas resources. |
| 1:10.6 | And in fact, I remember John McCain... has massive oil and gas resources. |
| 1:17.4 | In fact, I remember John McCain used to refer to Russia. |
| 1:22.9 | He used to say Russia is a gas station with a country attached. |
| 1:46.9 | Russia fuels its aggression through the export of oil and gas. And Nord Stream 2, right now, Europe relies on Russia for energy resources, but much of that right now comes through Ukraine. Now, this is harketing back to impeachment. You recall, we talked a lot about Ukraine and how Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union broke off. And Russia and Germany reached an |
| 1:53.1 | agreement to build a new pipeline, a pipeline that cuts Ukraine completely out and that carries |
| 1:59.0 | the natural gas straight to Germany. And the problem is, building this pipeline |
| 2:04.0 | would do several things. Number one, it would enrich Russia. It would put billions of additional |
| 2:09.2 | dollars in Putin's coffers, which he then uses to build their military, to be aggressive, to |
| 2:15.8 | pressure, to invade his neighbors, to wreak havoc. |
| 2:21.1 | Number two, though, it actually hurts Europe because it makes Europe more dependent on Russia. |
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