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Nord Stream Pipelines Were a ‘Legitimate Target’ for Ukraine, Says Czech President
Breitbart ^ | 08/22/2024 | Kurt Zindulka

Posted on 08/22/2024 9:14:46 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Czech President Petr Pavel said that attacking the Nord Stream pipelines would have been a “legitimate” target for Ukraine amid reports pointing the finger at Kyiv for the sabotage.

Pavel, who previously served as NATO chairman and before that at the head of the Czech Armed Forces, said that while he has no information to confirm reports that the Zelensky-led government in Ukraine was behind the September 2022 assault on the Russo-German Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines, such an attack would have been justifiable in light of the Russian invasion months prior.

Speaking to the online news magazine Novinky on Wednesday, the Czech president said: “When an armed conflict is waged, it is waged not only against military targets, but also against strategic targets. And pipelines are a strategic target. If the attack was aimed at cutting off gas and oil supplies to Europe and back money to Russia, then—and I say conditional on purpose—it would be a legitimate target.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: czech; defundnato; expelczechfromnato; nordstream; petrpavel; pipelines; ukarine; warcriminal
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Says who???
1 posted on 08/22/2024 9:14:46 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The Czechs are telling the dirty Germans to suck it up like bitches.


2 posted on 08/22/2024 9:19:16 AM PDT by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

What happened to the “likely Russian”’talking point that was paraded by our CIA media folks incessantly?


3 posted on 08/22/2024 9:20:02 AM PDT by Rural_Michigan
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How many people here at FR were gas lighting as bad as the MSM trying to sell that the russians blew up that pipeline? Even though it made zero sense......


4 posted on 08/22/2024 9:23:30 AM PDT by hillarys cankles
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“Says who???”

Petr Pavel Picked a peck of pipeline


5 posted on 08/22/2024 9:33:00 AM PDT by Cold Heart
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Matt Bracken has an opinion.

https://rumble.com/v5b32cq-interview-with-matt-bracken.html?e9s=src_v1_ucp


6 posted on 08/22/2024 9:33:35 AM PDT by fretzer
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To: hillarys cankles

I believe it was only the Zeepers.


7 posted on 08/22/2024 9:35:10 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

And how would it not be a legitimate target?


8 posted on 08/22/2024 9:41:10 AM PDT by Petrosius
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How many people here at FR were gas lighting as bad as the MSM trying to sell that the russians blew up that pipeline? Even though it made zero sense......

Probably a lot of the same people who believed the "Trump-Russia collusion" hoax, which also made zero sense (because the Ruskies were already getting 'favors' from Hillary)...

9 posted on 08/22/2024 9:44:33 AM PDT by Who is John Galt? ("...mit Pulver und Blei, Die Gedanken sind frei!")
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To: Who is John Galt?

“How many people here at FR were gas lighting as bad as the MSM trying to sell that the russians blew up that pipeline? Even though it made zero sense......
Probably a lot of the same people who believed the “Trump-Russia collusion” hoax, which also made zero sense (because the Ruskies were already getting ‘favors’ from Hillary)...”

Zeepers in March 2023: Nord Pipeline should be destroyed!

Zeepers in November 2023: Russia destroyed its own pipeline!

Zeepers today: The Nord Pipeline was a legitimate target for Ukraine!


10 posted on 08/22/2024 9:48:36 AM PDT by MNDude
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Of course they were. If Russia could blockade Ukraine's Black Sea ports, bomb power plants and other civilians infrastructure, then why wouldn't Nordstream be a legitimate target?

If the Ukrainians really wanted to get nasty about it, they are perfectly entitled to destroy every single Russian pipeline they wish, and certainly those within their own country.

11 posted on 08/22/2024 9:49:03 AM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin ( )
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Germany has been castrated.
12 posted on 08/22/2024 9:51:01 AM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (Kafka was an optimist.)
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To: MNDude

Hate to think who they’ll be voting for this November - probably whichever candidate the radio recommends, as they drive to the polling place...


13 posted on 08/22/2024 9:53:09 AM PDT by Who is John Galt? ("...mit Pulver und Blei, Die Gedanken sind frei!")
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Did you see this story in the Telegraph, with video (audio is important)... A German warship, sailing up the Themes, had a military band literally playing the Darth Vader entrance music.

Absolutely epic!

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/08/21/watch-german-navy-plays-darth-vader-theme-on-thames/

14 posted on 08/22/2024 9:56:01 AM PDT by Teacher317
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To: ChicagoConservative27
BS....The lines skirted around Ukraine and avoided the exorbitant fees they charge countries that receive their gas via their lines.
15 posted on 08/22/2024 9:56:49 AM PDT by Sacajaweau (mY)
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Makes you wonder how many of those contraptions could be out there as contingencies.


16 posted on 08/22/2024 9:58:04 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Was the dam a “legitimate target” too? Smh.


17 posted on 08/22/2024 9:59:38 AM PDT by montag813
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Sure. It’s like putting up a blockade of Germany - an act of war. Against Germany!


18 posted on 08/22/2024 9:59:50 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (Trump/Vance 2024 or GFY)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Ukraine did not blow it up. There are literally only a handful of countries in the world that could have done that, and Ukraine ain’t one of them. Also, I thought our Gov told us the Russians did it, lol.


19 posted on 08/22/2024 10:27:27 AM PDT by GrumpyOldGuy
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To: hillarys cankles

I wasnt. From the beginning (in 2022) I said it was likely a Ukrainian operation, most likely Macguyver-style. It seems I was right, long before any MSM reporting along those lines.

I am now accepting praise....


20 posted on 08/22/2024 10:30:38 AM PDT by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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