Posted on 09/28/2022 1:01:23 PM PDT by MNDude
Fox News host Tucker Carlson's long-running quest to blame the Biden administration for the war in Ukraine hasn't borne much fruit, despite his prominent perch on the most-watched cable news channel.
We know very little about what happened to the pipelines, which carry natural gas from Russia to Europe, or who was responsible if the explosions were due to sabotage, which authorities say is likely. Anything seems possible at this point.
But Carlson's supposed evidence for this being a U.S. operation is decidedly weak.
Nonetheless, Carlson continued, that's where some people are pointing. "The Washington Post got right to it," Carlson said. "Putin, they declared, is now weaponizing the Nord Stream pipelines."
Perhaps the most prominent quote Carlson used was from President Biden in February: Biden had said that, if Russia invades Ukraine, "there will be no longer a Nord Stream 2. We will bring an end to it."
Carlson treated this as no less than a smoking gun. He cast Biden's comments as him saying "that he might take out these pipelines." Despite often casting Biden as a doddering old fool, Carlson assured that, in this instance, the president must have chosen his words carefully: "He said there won't be a Nord Stream 2. We'll put an end to it. We will take it out. We will blow it up."
You begin to see the rhetorical trick here. Biden did not say we would "blow it up," unless you're using that phrase metaphorically. (At the time, the pipeline's construction was complete but it was not operational, awaiting approval from Germany and the European Union; a few weeks later, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Berlin would stop the pipeline's certification.) But Carlson's aim is clearly to make people think about it literally.
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He’s right. As usual. And neocons can’t stand him for it.
I think it is a false flag done b Russia and will use bidens words to blame up. Now he has a good reason to nuke us.
I don’t think his handlers are letting Biden make any decisions, let alone important ones.
You bet...If anyone thought this would not escalate into a possible world war, they might want to reassess.
From the article in the OP:
“Carlson treated this as no less than a smoking gun. He cast Biden’s comments as him saying “that he might take out these pipelines.” Despite often casting Biden as a doddering old fool, Carlson assured that, in this instance, the president must have chosen his words carefully: “He said there won’t be a Nord Stream 2. We’ll put an end to it. We will take it out. We will blow it up.”
What Carlson actually said about Biden’s comments:
“Notice how he (Biden) phrased that. He’s the President. He doesn’t phrase things by accident particularly WHEN HE IS READING OFF CARDS. He didn’t say I would pause the delivery of gas from Russia to Germany, he said there won’t be a Nord Stream 2. We’ll put an end to it. We will take it out. We will blow it up”
Carlson was talking about carefully selected words that were written by someone else for Biden which Biden was reading off cards.
Some member of the Liberal World Order is responsible.
Ditto thzt! And Zelenskyy, freshly getting funding for Ukraine government that has already given itself a pay raise.
So we are now at risk of Russia and Germany aligning against us? Seems like a possibility. If this was done to pressure Germany to support Ukraine and continuing the conflict. Will be interesting to see what Germany does next.
Yes.
Of course, we are responsible. Under Biden, we are the new evil empire.
Tucker doesn’t know s41t. Tucker is an entertainer who’s job it is to continually stir the stick in the poop pot. He has no special source or knowledge of the pipeline event. Here’s my guess, the tooth fairy popped the pipeline, there, my guess is as good as Tuckers, good for nothing.
“But Carlson’s supposed evidence for this being a U.S. operation is decidedly weak.”
And where is any evidence that someone else blew it up?
Agree anything is possible. It’s a bit convenient that Biden said this a few months ago.
Great analogy
Halliburton.
Tucker’s conjecture is at least based on sound reasoning. Russia had nothing to gain from blowing up the pipeline, the Biden regime did. Motive, means and opportunity. Only thing missing is the video footage and the bloody knife covered in fingerprints. There are no other suspects that are more plausible in terms of motive, means and opportunity.
We don’t know yet, but he acts like one.
Travis Ivan on 28th September 2022
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4096733/posts?page=41#41
“Europe is already to freeze, and go into a depression.”
Nope, Travis - after your trip to Moscow, you stopped that line of propaganda, eh?
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