ANALYSIS: Nord Stream Pipelines Sabotaged, and Only One Country Benefits

Three deep-water explosions destroyed the Nord Stream pipelines under the Baltic Sea on Monday.

While the mass propaganda media and numerous world governments (particularly the U.S.) reported “leaks” in the pipelines following sudden pressure drops to zero, Swedish seismologists knew better.

This from Bill Hennessy on thaegtewaypundit.com.

One of the three explosions measured 2.3 on the Richter Scale of earthquake intensity, but this was no earthquake. It was explosion—like a gigantic undersea mine.

Via Reuters:

Bjorn Lund, seismologist at the Swedish National Seismic Network at Uppsala University, said seismic data gathered by him and Nordic colleagues showed that the explosions took place in the water and not in the rock under the seabed.

The explosions guarantee Germany and the EU won’t go wobbly with regard to sanctions against Russian energy imports.

The damage to pipelines will take months [to] repair, and repairs are unlikely to begin until next summer.

Even if Germany were to cry “uncle” as civil unrest intensifies over lack of heat and energy, even if Russia decided to turn the power back on, the conduit for Russian gas to Europe is broken.

TASS reports details of the explosions:

The first explosion was recorded at about two o’clock in the morning on Monday, the second at 07:04 p.m. on the same day.

Gas leak warnings were issued on Monday at 01:52 p.m. and 08:41 p.m. respectively.

Vessels passing through the area reportedly notified the Coast Guard of the seething on the sea surface.

Lund argues that there are usually no military exercises in the area of the incident, which could theoretically cause damage to the pipelines.

There were no military exercises in the area on Monday, but there were military exercises in the area recently enough.

Below these exercises will be detailed.

“So, Nord Stream is dead, and the question becomes, whodunnit?”

Means, Motive, and Opportunity

To fix a crime on a suspect, police try to establish means, motive, and opportunity. Take away any one element—means (weapon), motive (gain), or opportunity (access)—and the case falls apart.

Bounce all three elements against the reasonable suspects and one suspect stands out.

Means eliminates most suspects.

Only a government with an advanced naval warfare capability could have executed the sabotage. That limits the suspects to Germany, Great Britain, France, the United States, Russia, and China.

But means also involves proximity.

Chinese or French naval activities in the area would have raised flags.

Geography would seem to preclude the United States except for the fact the U.S. Navy operates in every ocean in the world with advanced war fighting capabilities.

So, the list of suspects with the means to destroy Nord Stream is down to the UK, U.S., Russia, and Germany.

Next is motive.

Germany has no motive to damage its energy lifeline. Germany is highly dependent on Russian natural gas. Entire German industries are being nationalized because of the lack of energy due to sanctions against Russia and Russia reducing flow through the pipelines. Germans held massive protests over the weekend demanding Germany pull out of the anti-Russian alliance in exchange for a return of energy.

Great Britain has also suffered under the sanctions imposed after Russia invaded Ukraine in February. The British economy is in shambles, forcing the UK’s central bank to pivot back to quantitative easing. Additionally, the new government in the UK has its hands full with forming a government. It is unlikely the Brits would attempt such a caper.

Russia seems to have a motive: inflict long-term pain on Europe for sending lethal arms to Ukraine. But Russia didn’t need to blow up the pipelines. Russia controls the valves that send or halt gas flow to Europe, and she’s already turned off the spigot. Russia paid for a portion of the pipeline and expects to resume profitable energy exports to Europe once the war with Ukraine settles. Why would Russia cut off its own nose?

That leaves the United States. So, what are its motives?

First,

[T]he U.S. became the number one exporter of liquified natural gas to Europe once Russia cut off the flow. German dependence on US LNG is a carrot to keep Germany in the sanction alliance. With winter approaching and German unrest on the rise, the State Department would have been concerned the Germans would go wobbly, reduce sanctions, cut off arms to Ukraine, and beg Putin for energy. The loss of the Nord Stream pipelines eliminates that path to renewed gas imports to Germany.

Second,

[T]he Biden family has long been tangled up in natural gas and Ukraine. Hunter Biden was on the board of Ukraine’s largest natural gas company—a position that provided Ukrainian oligarchs with access to Joe Biden. Hunter, who has no experience in energy, made millions from the deal, and Ukraine got a bought-and-paid-for President of the United States.

Third,

[T]he [d]emocrat Biden needs to stanch the popularity bleeding that threatens to kill [d]emocrat control of Congress come November.

So, only the United States has a compelling reason to destroy Europe’s energy lifeline from Russia.

“Only the United States has both the means and the motive.”

Now, what about opportunity?

Operation BALTOPS 22: June 2022

Seapower magazine—the official magazine of the Navy League—reported in June on a US exercise in the Baltic Sea, directly over the spots where two massive, undersea explosions took out the Nord Stream pipeline.

Seapower’s story highlights new technology allowing the Navy to detonate targets from miles away.

Final thoughts: And thus the democrats communists may very well have created their badly needed rationale for postponing or cancelling entirely the November elections—World War III.

However, don’t rule out a larger-than-life hero riding into town on a huge white steed, metaphorically speaking, of course.

Joe Biden is not a magnanimous statesman by any stretch of the imagination. But President Trump is magnanimous and he is a statesman of the highest caliber.

And there is a sizable body of Trump supporters who believe WWIII will be prevented by the hero statesman conducting crucial negotiations with all foreign leaders involved. Hence, demonstrating himself as the great leader he is and the Obiden Regime as, well, the New World Order buffoons they are.

God speed to Conservatism.