“The Neocons are pretending Russia is responsible for blowing up the pipelines and hoping to use that as an excuse to enact Article 5 and drag NATO into this war.”
If they succeed they may be surprised to find their enemy is not Russia.
“If they succeed they may be surprised to find their enemy is not Russia.”
The US taking out the Nordstream pipeline has left Europe (especially Germany) in a very precarious situation, and despite what the EU may be saying publicly, you can be sure they are not happy with the US forcing their hand. There’s no popular support among the European people for a direct involvement in a war against Russia and their leaders know this. I fully expect the US to do a false flag op and blame it on Russia to change this sentiment if necessary.
It’s obvious the Neocons are desperate at this point and will go all out to bring NATO into this as soon as possible. Destroying the Nordstream pipelines was an overt act of war, showing that the US is willing to do whatever it takes for NATO involvement even if it goes against the interests of Europe.