What would be the Russian motive to disable the pipeline? Could they not just cut off the gas?
Create chaos
They also know it puts pressure on the US to supply our great NATO allies
. With FJB's shut down of fossil energy here and looming US domestic shortages we'll tell Europe to bite the bullet. Germany will scream bloody murder.
Everyone in western Europe will be point fingers at each other, and all of the happy socialists will be pointing fingers at the USA.