How America Took Out The Nord Stream Pipeline (substack.com)
Fascinating article by Seymour Hersh, detailing how the US with the assistance of Norway destroyed the partly-German-owned NordStream pipelines which supported Germany’s economy. No reasonable person ever bought the obvious US lie that Russia blew up its own pipelines (instead of – umm – keeping the valves closed?). But it is surprising that the US’s partner in crime was little Norway rather than perfidious Albion.
The article also details how the bureaucrats executing this dangerous scheme were fastidious in their use of convoluted laws to avoid telling Congress they were planning an action that – but for Russian forbearance – could well have started World War III.
Over the next several meetings, the participants debated options for an attack. The Navy proposed using a newly commissioned submarine to assault the pipeline directly. The Air Force discussed dropping bombs with delayed fuses that could be set off remotely. The CIA argued that whatever was done, it would have to be covert. Everyone involved understood the stakes. “This is not kiddie stuff,” the source said. If the attack were traceable to the United States, “It’s an act of war.”
The remaining mystery is why Germany went along with this act? After all, Germany has been the main loser from the US/Norwegian act of aggression.