Posted on 02/09/2023 7:18:49 AM PST by SeekAndFind
The United States government blew up the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline connecting Russian suppliers to our allies Germany last year, according to a bombshell report from Seymour Hersh.
“The New York Times called it a ‘mystery,'” wrote Hersh, “but the United States executed a covert sea operation that was kept secret — until now.”
Hersh cites an anonymous source “with direct knowledge of the operational planning” who claimed that Navy divers, operating under the cover of NATO’s annual BALTOPS exercise last June, planted remotely-operated explosives that were detonated months later, last September.
White House spokeswoman Adrienne Watson told Hersh in an email that “This is false and complete fiction.”
“This claim is completely and utterly false,” a CIA spokeswoman wrote.
German authorities claimed last week Berlin’s investigators “currently have no evidence that Russia is behind the explosions on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines.” The Kremlin denied any involvement, although the CIA claimed that Russian submarines were detected in the area where the explosions occurred just one day before the leaks were detected.
Swedish investigators called the leaks “gross sabotage” in November due to “explosive residue [that] was identified on a number of the seized and analyzed foreign items.”
It never made much sense for Moscow to sabotage its own natural gas sales to Germany when it can choose to switch off the gas at the source, any time it pleases. In fact, the Russians have done just that on occasion to wrangle concessions out of Berlin. To this day, Germany remains one of the slowest and most recalcitrant suppliers of western arms to Ukraine.
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CUI BONO? Putin
Yes, but we no longer elect people. As of 2020, they are installed and we get to vote because, well it makes us feel good and it is fun.
Leave it to you to make a defense for Joe Biden. LOL
who cares
NordStream is dead and it ain’t coming back
If this story keeps on developing, the Biden administration will eventually have to find a fall guy. I wonder how far down the food chain they’ll go. Maybe they’ll pick some navy ensign.
Biden aide: We told that ensign not to blow up the pipeline. But he was too busy fiddling with his MAGA hat to pay attention.
CNN reporter: That makes sense. Let’s all move on now.
Biden’s home and every person in his administration through Kammeltoe Hairass.
Right, pointing out Seymour Hersh has no credibility and is a kook who said the Bin Laden raid was faked and that US servicemen sodomized young boys in Iraq is somehow a defense of Biden. Okay
RE: the Biden administration will eventually have to find a fall guy. I wonder how far down the food chain they’ll go. Maybe they’ll pick some navy ensign.
How’s that going to help his case? The ensign will simply say he was following orders from the officer above him and that officer will in turn say somebody above him gave the orders and so on.
In the end, the buck has to stop with Biden as CIC, or we all eventually know that he isn’t really in charge ( but you knew that ).
“..I promise to look the other way if Russia takes out Biden’s home - and if he happens to be in it, meh....”
You’ll probably have to take a number and get in line for that one...LOL
> Seymour Hersh is a lying nutjob. <
I won’t argue against that. But Hersh is also probably the last investigative reporter left in the country. And he has done some excellent work in the past. So for now I’ll cautiously give him a bit of leeway, and wait for more evidence.
This admin is poking the bear while weakening our country at every level. None of this makes any sense.
Seymour Hersh?
Please find a confirming source.
Please!
No, Biden would divert attention by blaming the pipeline blowup on the BLM supporting nudist member of the Green Party who attacked Paul Pelosi while wearing a MAGA hat. And CNN, MSNBC, the Washington Post, NY Times and the rest of the paid presstitutes would dutifully report it as “truth”.
“The shareholders of Nord Stream AG are:
Gazprom International Projects LLC - 51%
Wintershall Dea AG - 15.5%
PEG Infrastruktur AG, a subsidiary of E.ON Beteiligungen - 15.5%
N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie - 9%
Engie - 9%”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nord_Stream_AG
> In the end, the buck has to stop with Biden as CIC <
Absolutely true. And the old-time press would have demanded that. But today’s lapdog press will look for some reason - any reason - to get Biden off the hook. We have seen that many times in the past.
So maybe it’ll be a fall guy. Or maybe the evidence will be labeled “insufficient” or “simply rumors”. Whatever. That’s what viewers of the nightly news will be told, if they are told anything at all. And so Biden will skate again.
“Wintershall Dea GmbH is a German gas and oil producer. The joint venture was created in May 2019 by the merger between Wintershall Holding GmbH and DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG. BASF SE has a 67% stake in it, with the other 33% being held by LetterOne, whose main ultimate owner is the Russian business magnate Mikhail Fridman.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wintershall_Dea
Well, now, in his defense, Biden has a history of hating pipelines.
Recall that he cancelled Keystone — on the first day of his presidency.
If we can’t have a pipeline, neither should Europe. And RUSSIA, RUSSIA RUSSIA!
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I’m reminded of the wise quote from Otto Von Bismarck: “Don’t believe anything till they’ve issued an official denial!”
Imagine if Trump had cut the pipeline? The media would have started building a gallows on the Washington Mall.
“who cares
NordStream is dead and it ain’t coming back”
who cares?
Franz Ferdinand is dead and it ain’t coming back
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