Posted on 02/12/2023 1:33:36 PM PST by Kazan
For those of us of younger generations, Seymour "Sy" Hersh is not a well-known name. But in days past, his investigative journalism was nothing short of award-winning. Hersh earned his 1970 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting for exposing the 1968 My Lai Massacre in Vietnam and the ensuing government cover-up. His resume includes writing as a first-rate reporter for The New Yorker and the New York Times, participating in the reporting on the 1972 Watergate scandal. His 2004 article in the New Yorker called "Torture at Abu Graib" covered the disgusting abuse of prison inmates by U.S. intelligence officials, proving culpability to the highest levels of federal government.
Hersh has apparently determined to go independent at this point in his career and open a substack page – and his first post is a doozy. He has alleged that it was U.S. intelligence and military that blew up Russia's Nord Stream pipeline in northern Europe with the help of the Norwegian navy, Sept. 26, 2022. The report indicates that this was being planned as early as December of 2021.
Hersh notes, regarding the U.S. government's motives, "As long as Europe remained dependent on the pipelines for cheap natural gas, Washington was afraid that countries like Germany would be reluctant to supply Ukraine with the money and weapons it needed to defeat Russia." I would add to that the possibility of Germany losing its motivation to participate fully in international sanctions against Russia, refusing the natural gas needed to keep its factories humming and its people from freezing to death in winter. When the people rise up with good reason, the government, no matter how elitist and hard-nosed, generally has a hard time not capitulating. With the Nord Stream pipeline out of the picture, Germany is much more likely to play along.
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Murika First baby!
“that Norway was involved makes the whole story implausible to me.”
Why? Norway has a competing pipeline.
The other evidence is that there has been zero effort to investigate it.
There has been zero effort to repair it with the Germans.
The Russians soliciting offers for repairs are impeded.
Sweden went down and looked and immediately classified the results.
Biden stated in advance that he would do it.
Nuland stated in advance that we would do it.
Nuland chortled about it in Congress and could barely contain her glee.
Radoslaw Sikorski the former Polish foreign minister thanked America.
It is 100% a goal of corrupt DC that Russian gas must go through “sticky fingers” Ukraine and that the DC corruptocrats and their kids get paid.
The US Navy spent lots of time hanging over that spot.
Of course we did it, in cooperation with the Brits, Poles, and Scandinavians.
The author expects a true investigation. Why?
The establishment is in favor of the bombing. The only possible reason the CIA leaked is to persuade Biden to not run in 2024 due to public pressure.
Thanks! The link I had disappeared. Those evil black eyes.
(Do those people know how ridiculous they look with those nasty diapers on their faces?)
Hersh provided nothing except that Norway was involved, which is not at all believable. The only name he provided was a country that strongly denies it!
As to your juvenile insults, I won’t try to stoop to your level.
Sounds like someone got sand in their panties on PC beach.
“Hersh provided nothing except that Norway was involved, which is not at all believable. The only name he provided was a country that strongly denies it!
The country that turned on a brand new pipeline to Poland the day before Nordstream was blown. And well goodness Pollyanna, if the Norwegians denied it, well then that settles it! LOL
So you think the Norwegians were a key part of the secret pipeline plot? I honestly have serious trouble believing that.
biden didn’t do anything. He can’t even ties his own shoes.
As we have learned pipelines are very vulnerable, and who damages them is hard to prove. So if Russia thinks Norway blew up their pipeline it would be rather easy for Russia to reciprocate against Norway’s pipeline. Biden is a genuine suspect, but Norway I don’t believe. Can you imagine the Norwegian cabinet meeting in which this was supposedly discussed and approved, with no leaks? It’s a Seymour Hersh fantasy for gullible people.
What difference does it make?
The Republicrats won't do anything about it!
The bombing is a clear act of war. It is the same as a blockade.
Is Bismarck a herring?
Chinese barroon did it!!
Biden can’t order lunch, much less an attack. His handlers presented him with note cards to read in the event sombody asked what happened.
I wouldn’t call it so much a military operation, merely an act of sabotage— one that we’ll pay for.
But anybody with 2 brain cells to rub together has to ask themselves “why blow up your own pipeline when you can just turn it off at the source”?
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