Posted on 09/29/2022 8:02:53 AM PDT by MNDude
However, the attacks on Nord Stream are more dire than anything we previously saw. This act of sabotage signals a point of no return. The economic damage caused by these attacks is going to land Europe in a recession as deep as the recession of 2009. The environmental damage is immense, with millions of tons of methane polluting the ocean and environment.
This winter, Europe is doomed to face the worst energy crisis since the Arab oil embargo of 1974, or worse.
European leaders have already identified and condemned Russia as the obvious culprit. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki described the presumed attack as the “next step of escalation of the situation in Ukraine” while the Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen called them “deliberate acts”. President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen promised “the strongest possible response to attacks on European energy infrastructure”. Norway responded by deploying its armed forces to guard pipelines from any further “accidents”.
(Excerpt) Read more at forbes.com ...
I concur it’s possible.
It just wouldn’t be hard to blow this thing up. It’s in shallow water. It’s a giant metal pipe. Its location is on every decent chart.
I literally could do this with $50k worth of materials, my basic chemistry knowledge, a big ass magnet, a cable, and a fishing boat with a wench and a GPS.
This could be anyone, including non-state actors, rogue state actors, internal factions (e.g., some gas producer in Russia or Ukraine who favored the competing lines), etc.
Is Biden plausible? Sure. Is Russia plausible? Maybe.
Hell, Norwegians are complete assholes. They’d do this for money.
Yup.
Qui Bono?
Definitely not Russia. Russia could have just shut off the tap a la Master Blaster in Barter Towne.
The benefactor are the dirty WEF green marxist tyrants who want their great reset without hydrocarbons. Vestas. GE. Chinese Solar Panel Conglomerates. Green Marxism is their religion. They are saving the world while making trillions in profits. And as Stalin taught the world it doesn’t matter if you have to kill hundreds of millions of people. The revolution will save the entire planet.
Yes, the magazine is owned by the Chinese firm Integrated Whale Media Investments (95%) and the Forbes family (5%).
USA couldn’t turn it off, ergo...
Russia spent billions building it and has zero motivation for destroying it.
It is truly tragic to see how stupid these news journalists believe Americans are..sad.
That's Rule #1 in the Liberal's Handbook.
1. It's always someone else's fault.
Rule #2 is...If you lose, change the rules and try again.
These morons claim methane, which is produced deep in the mantle and bubbles up freely at various locations around the world, is somehow ‘polluting’ the ocean when it comes out of a pipe? More intrinsic bias and propaganda. Certainly not ‘news’ of any worth.
It truly amazes me. We have no press!!! They are all whores for Biden and the left.
Yup.
“is truly tragic to see how stupid these news journalists believe Americans are”
Some are.
Read up.
Arial Cohen is listed as an “energy writer” but he missed too may obvious points. Russia gains nothing from this attack on the pipeline. In face it removed any bargaining chip they had to end the war and reestablished trading relationships with Europe. It would be like blowing off both your feet so you can’t come down off the mountain. No, it’s not “Obvious” Russia did it. In face there is no evidence Russia had anything to do with it. It looks almost Obvious the US did it, and our military activities over the sabotaged sections were obvious to Danes who took pictures of us there.
What I am trying to understand, what is the end game? Regime change in Russia? That is a US MO, we do it in every nation that defies us. We removed my force, war or assassination any leader that does not bow down to us. And we create false flags built on lies to move in militarily or place sanctions. I don’t know why Forbes, a respected site, allowed such a vague and non-factual article to be published.
The CIA is the worst. We should have defunded and disbanded them years ago. They have toppled regimes, started wars and assassinated people. They make Hitlers gestapo look like boy scouts. And brennan, well he was station chief in Saudi Arabia when the state department ussued the passports and allowed in the 19 9’11 hijackers. Question?
Flawlessly logical.
For extra credit who will rank & file Europeans blame when they’re freezing this winter?
The Russians can use a valve to tune off the gas. They do not need to blow up their property....!
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