What do you mean "thanks" to?
Also, when Trump was president he threatened that the US would leave NATO.
I don't see why Ukrainians or Belarusians for that matter should forever be forced to live under the Russian yoke. I think speaking out against their defensive struggle from the safety NATO membership is not a particularly honorable thing to do. Germans in particular have made bad choices over the decades by relying overtly on Russian gas.
"Germans in particular have made bad choices over the decades by relying overtly on Russian gas."
Bad choice ? Cheap gas which is needed for the economy. And what are the alternatives? It can only be a bad choice if there is another choice.
Im a noob with all this so please feel free to inform me.
Nuclear power. Japan and South Korea rely heavily on nuclear power.
We have seen now how cheap the Russian gas really is. In actual fact, it's a dagger pointed directly at one's own heart because Russia is willing to weaponize anything. Russians think differently. German leaders think mutual dependence and trade guarantee peace. But it's the other way around: without peace there cannot be trade.