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The recent report by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersch has caused a stir in the international community. According to the article, published on Substack, specialized U.S. Navy diving teams were responsible for blowing up the underwater Nord Stream pipelines that supplied Russian gas to Western Europe.
FLASHBACK: BIDEN:“If Russia invades — that means tanks or troops crossing the border of Ukraine — then there will be no longer a Nord Stream 2. We will bring an end to it”
REPORTER: “How will you do that?”
BIDEN: “I promise you, we'll be able to do it.”pic.twitter.com/XGmFV4c9Qm
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) February 9, 2023
The White House has denied the allegations, calling them “completely and utterly false”. However, Hersch claims to have a source with “direct knowledge of the operational planning”. He explains that the Navy divers planted remotely triggered explosives last June, during a NATO exercise known as BALTOPS 22. Three months later, three of the four Nord Stream pipelines were destroyed.
Tucker Carlson on the reports of Biden administration blowing up the Nord Stream pipeline: "Joe Biden denied any responsibility. He blamed Russia. Now we have the actual answer to what happened. It is not possible that it's not true. It is true."
— Election Wizard (@ElectionWiz) February 9, 2023
In December 2021, Russia presented draft treaties to the US & NATO for resolving its security concerns about NATO enlargement and weapons on its borders.
As Sy Hersh reveals, rather than negotiate, the US plotted blowing up the Nord Stream 2, an obstacle to its proxy war plans: pic.twitter.com/OkDQ7AJ80s
— Aaron Maté (@aaronjmate) February 9, 2023
I’m troubled that I can’t immediately rule out the suggestion that the U.S. blew up Nord Stream. I checked with a bunch of Senate colleagues. Among those I’ve asked, none were ever briefed on this. If it turns out to be true, we’ve got a huge problem. https://t.co/DG0dYTByPI
— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) February 8, 2023
Expect Hersh's bombshell scoop to get smeared by the corporate media as they've done to nearly all of his scoops going back to his 1974 exposé on CIA's illegal domestic spy program—attacked by WaPo, Time, Newsweek, etc, but validated by Church Committee.https://t.co/eAPrxtJa8E pic.twitter.com/uX1chiLvjZ
— Mark Ames (@MarkAmesExiled) February 8, 2023
Well, the Wikipedia trolls are hard at work today. Definitely want to make sure “conspiracy theorist” is the first thing people see if they look up “Seymour Hersh” pic.twitter.com/iC38KKijgs
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) February 9, 2023
Let's stipulate it's true, just like many other Hersh stories that were adamantly denied at first by US officials. Does the Senate no longer have any interest in asserting its Constitutional war-making authorities, or is Russia-related warfare just some big unexplained exception https://t.co/ug0hpO9JD3
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) February 8, 2023
By the way @ChrisMurphyCT, the Iran/Nevada story is real and was published in the New Yorker — but I guess we're supposed to believe that outfit is overrun with kooks as well https://t.co/tRfoLXa8rJ
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) February 9, 2023
It used to be Republicans leading the attacks on Hersh for supposedly unreliable journalistic practices. In 2005, after he reported on Bush drawing up plans to bomb Iran (later 100% confirmed) @MaxBoot denounced him in the LA Times as a "hard-left zealot" and conspiracy theorist pic.twitter.com/E4nkc1pfuO
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) February 8, 2023
And who rose to Hersh's defense but none other than Media Matters. I'm sure they'll be diligently rebutting scurrilous attacks on Hersh today after he revealed Biden ordered a secret operation to blow up the Nordstream pipeline. Or do they now agree he's a Russian disinfo agent pic.twitter.com/c3ci25RKUl
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) February 8, 2023
The Biden Administration had been debating the mission for nine months prior. The Navy divers were chosen due to their ability to carry out covert operations without having to report to Congress or the Senate leadership. This was done in order to avoid any leaks and keep the mission top secret.
The pipelines were seen as a threat to western dominance, as they would provide Germany and much of Western Europe with cheap Russian natural gas. This would also diminish European reliance on America, as well as provide Putin with a major source of income.
The report has been met with mixed reactions. Fox News’s Tucker Carlson has expressed confidence in its veracity due to the level of detail included. Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah has said he’s “troubled” that he couldn’t “immediately rule out” its claims. On the other hand, the Left has responded by working to discredit the journalist.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has called for an open international investigation into the attack and for those responsible to be punished. He believes that leaving this incident without uncovering those responsible and punishing them would set a dangerous precedent for future acts of sabotage anywhere in the world.
The truth behind the Nord Stream pipelines is still uncertain, but it is clear that this report has caused an uproar in the international community. It remains to be seen what will come of this investigation and what the truth behind this story will be.
The preceding article is a summary of an article that originally appeared on Townhall
