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.
Again, what is Russia's motive? They can just turn off the gas.
Yeah, but then everyone would know that Russia turned off the gas… can’t blame it on anyone. Russia stands far more to gain by fracturing NATO by blaming the USA for sabotage. The price of the pipelines was $11 billion… that’s pocket change to Russia- heck it’s a rounding error in our budget. Russia gains a TON in the court of public opinion (particularly their domestic population) by making the US the boogeyman.
Not to mention, it’s been the modus operandi of almost every regime in history to create a false flag situation for consumption by the public to justify lots of stuff- the US included.
Intellectual honesty is the most important character trait in human beings.
. 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.