So in other words, the EU doesn’t want to end Russia’s money stream, if they can strike a good deal out of it…
Not quite. They realise that the world is dependant on oil and cutting it out completely world cause a massive recession, so the next best thing is to make sure Russia makes next to no money on the oil that the world needs.
I do wish we could just stop using oil, but I also like to eat.
This is the same argument like “if we dont sell them weapons, someone else will.”
If Russia had the capabilities to do so, they wouldnt rely on Western companies to do it for them. But even if they did, not making ourselves dirty with complicity should be a good enough goal in itself.
Unfortunately it seems that we are morally this bankrupt that instead of saying “nope” we rather say “this will cost extra, but sure lets do it”
Not quite. They realise that the world is dependant on oil and cutting it out completely world cause a massive recession, so the next best thing is to make sure Russia makes next to no money on the oil that the world needs.
I do wish we could just stop using oil, but I also like to eat.
In this case it is not about just permitting it to pass, but about Western companies to be involved in keeping the logistics of it up.
I understand this to be about making money with helping Russia sell that oil, not just permitting Russia to sell it elsewhere.
Who would you prefer make money on the logistics? The EU27, or Russia?
This is the same argument like “if we dont sell them weapons, someone else will.”
If Russia had the capabilities to do so, they wouldnt rely on Western companies to do it for them. But even if they did, not making ourselves dirty with complicity should be a good enough goal in itself.
Unfortunately it seems that we are morally this bankrupt that instead of saying “nope” we rather say “this will cost extra, but sure lets do it”
Not really. The world needs the oil unfortunately, so someone needs to transport it. Who should do it? The option “nobody” isn’t really realistic.
Do I wish we didn’t need oil at all? Very much so.
Do I wish we could just say no to all Russian oil? Absolutely.
Sadly reality gets in the way.