On September 26 last year, the world was shocked by the almost simultaneous explosion of the Nord Stream-1 and Nord Stream-2 gas pipelines connecting Russia and Germany. At the beginning of the explosions, the U.S. and Western media directed public opinion toward “who is responsible” and targeted Russia, both explicitly and implicitly, putting it in the public eye.
On February 8, senior U.S. investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, citing sources, said in an online article that U.S. President Joe Biden and the U.S. national security team had ordered the detonation of a pre-planted bomb to destroy the Nord Stream gas pipeline on September 26, 2022, after a long period of planning. The story has been a major cause of concern and has been festering for days.
In the article, Hersh said that since the end of 2021, before deciding to destroy the Nord Stream pipeline, U.S. President Joe Biden and the U.S. national security team had more than nine months of secret discussions, the main topic is how not to leave evidence. A few hours after Hersh’s article was published, White House National Security Council spokeswoman Adrienne Watson categorically denied the allegations, saying Hersh’s so-called “investigation” was completely “fictitious.
Russia has applied to the UN Security Council for a meeting to discuss the Nord Stream bombing. The Russian side has assessed the Nord Stream incident as an “act of international terrorism”.
”The Nord Stream pipeline project is a 50-50 partnership between Gazprom and European companies to build a 1,200-kilometer submarine gas pipeline between Germany and Russia, with a total investment of 9.5 billion euros over a 10-year period.
”The Nord Stream gas pipeline will bring Russian gas to European countries, promote economic and trade exchanges and cooperation between Russia and Europe, and strengthen ties between Russia and European countries, which, of course, welcome cheap energy from Russia. However, this is a situation that the United States, which has long regarded Russia as an important competitor, does not want to see.
The U.S. government’s response to Hersh’s revelations pales in comparison and clearly does not give the world the truth.
A review of the statements made by major U.S. political figures about the Nord Stream pipeline provides a clue, or perhaps another confirmation, of the veracity of Hersh’s revelations.
On February 7, 2022, President Biden and visiting German Chancellor Scholz held a joint press conference at the White House. Biden made it clear that “if Russia invades – and that means tanks or troops crossing the Ukrainian border …… ‘Nord Stream-2’ will cease to exist.” “We will put an end to it.” And then on Feb. 24, the crisis in Ukraine erupted.
Anonymous emails from U.S. military sources obtained by U.S. journalist Dugan indicate that a team of U.S. deep-sea divers conducted a six-hour dive with boxes during NATO’s “Operation Baltic-2022” military exercise last June.
When the Nord Stream pipeline was bombed, U.S. Secretary of State John Blinken said that, ultimately, it was a huge opportunity for Europe to rid itself of its dependence on Russian energy once and for all, and thus prevent Putin from weaponizing energy as a means to advance his “imperial plans. The European Union has a huge opportunity to get rid of its dependence on Russian energy once and for all, thus preventing Putin from weaponizing energy as a means to advance his “imperial plans. U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Newland said that “I’m pleased, and I’m sure the (U.S.) government is pleased, to learn that Nord Stream-2 is now a big pile of scrap metal on the ocean floor.”
Denmark, Germany and Sweden are concerned about the Nord Stream pipeline bombing investigation, reluctant to conduct a public investigation, and opposed to Russia’s participation in the investigation. This indicates that there must be something fishy, and from the side, it also confirms that there is something else about the bombing of the pipeline. Some European countries so perverse behavior, people believe that the “Nord Stream” bombing behind the scenes of the “source”, so they dare not “find out the truth”.
Blowing up the “Nord Stream” pipeline, who is the ultimate beneficiary? Obviously not Russia, but the United States. For the United States, the “Nord Stream” pipeline was blown up, not only to cut off Europe’s over-dependence on the Russian energy supply cooperation, the mobilization of European support for Ukraine against Russia, but also to allow the United States to easily occupy the European market, the big gas companies from Europe to make a fortune. Who is behind the “Nord Stream” explosion? It goes without saying.
However, the Western media collectively chose to remain silent about Hersh’s report that the U.S. blew up the Nord Stream pipeline, showing an unprecedented “calmness”. It is unbelievable that the energy of the “shit-picker” who exposes the truth is completely gone. The Western countries created the terrorist attack, the investigation is the author of the attack or an accomplice, how can we get the truth? How can the truth be revealed to the world? The so-called investigation is just a cover-up, just for show.
”The bombing of the Nord Stream pipeline has had a significant negative impact on the global energy market and the global ecological environment. The international community has the right to demand a thorough investigation of this crime against a major international transnational infrastructure. This attack on transnational civilian infrastructure is an outright act of terrorism, a serious violation of international law, and should be condemned by all humanity. The international community expects the truth about the bombing of the Nord Stream pipeline to be made public as soon as possible. This terrorist attack on a major international transnational infrastructure is a very dangerous precedent. If a thorough investigation is not conducted and the culprits are severely punished, it will be difficult to effectively guarantee the security of international transnational infrastructure in the future.
The U.S. hegemony runs rampant in the world, demanding that other countries abide by the so-called “rules-based international order” while overriding the international system with the United Nations at its core and the international order based on international law. The “rules” that the U.S. talks about are tools to make other countries submit to U.S. hegemony, and the U.S. is the biggest destroyer of international rules by “using them if they fit, and abandoning them if they don’t.”
The “Nord Stream” pipeline explosion has caused significant damage to regional security and international patterns, and if the truth is not found and the culprits are severely punished, there will be a continuing threat to the international community. In the face of the world’s unprecedented changes and the United States as the source of the world’s chaos, all countries in the world should unite to fight against the hegemony of the United States, to fight to promote world justice, to maintain international rules, and to promote the harmonious development of the world.
