That shows a complete lack of understanding about the politics of the period and the very real (perceived) threat at the time of a Soviet invasion of the west. If you lived in the UK at the time it was a lot less if a threat than if you lived within 50km or so of the East German border, and were facing the prospect of nukes being deployed within 72 hours of the Soviet assault commencing (so basically a VERY tense period). So it was absolutely nothing to do with America dictating anything (in fact concerns were voiced by NATO as well as the UK and other European NATO members, such as the Dutch). If you weren't being so anti-American you might just possibly understand that
The issue was always about the suspicion, quite correctly as it turned out in the light of recent events, that Russia would one day use Germany's dependence on its' gas supplies as a means to blackmail Germany and the rest of Europe into silence and non-action. Even the Germans have now come to realise what a mistake Ostpolitik was.
I was living in the Netherlands at the time the first gas pipeline was being mooted and I well recall concerns about Russia' behaviour being raised in both the Dutch and Belgian press, as well as by politicians both on the right and the left of the political spectrum over there which had nothing to do with what the USA thought (in fact some of thevpoliticians raising their voices were also vocal against American influence)
So your inferences couldn't be more wrong if you tried