If the smart Yalie neocon kids didn't order this - then they didn't think of this eventuality.
And since it's their screwing around that made this possible, they STILL own it.
It actually doesn't matter who did it - just the fact that no natgas can come from Russia no matter what.
So what do you think Russia will do in retribution? So far, no clues from them at all on the internet. Only that it is clear the pipelines were blown up and they want a thorough investigation and the results made public.
Any guesses as to what this leads to? Obviously it was done to quash Saudia Arabia’s peace plan. The U.S. seems very worried that some EU governments may cave under pressure from their people.
Russia had a bit of short term leverage vs the EU/Nato, which was the prospect of supplying gas and reducing the Euro need to scramble so fast to replace Russia as a supplier - dropping the Russian connection was already baked in, long term.
But with this Russia no longer has that leverage.
Putin has screwed Russia bigtime. Putin wont fix this, and any replacement is going to be left in a terrible fix.