DeLeeuw

How do you know it's made up? None of the involved countries have blamed Russia. Reuters and the washington post have also reported on this. It is not exactly wild speculation.

Hersh' claims are not extraordinary. Someone blew up that pipeline. And the list of possible suspects is very, very short.

Very weird. Would you volunteer a theory? (since that is probably all we can do for now).

I agree with you, but I would take Ukraine off the list, although they had a strong motive.

Ukraine's strategic cornerstone is international relations, without which they cannot win the war.

Ukraine would never risk upsetting Germany, the EU's biggest economy, with such a drastic operation.

The US was always opposed to Nord Stream and for good reasons. I'm in fact glad it's gone.

Many people already speculated it was the US, because Biden himself literally says "we will bring an end to it": https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OS4O8rGRLf8

With a smirk. Even when pressed how he is going to do it.

For me, Hersh' story is the secondary corroboration.

For what it's worth, the Washington Post at least doubts it was Russia (december 2022): https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/12/21/...

Well, somebody blew up that pipeline. And the list of possible suspects is very short. Germany, Denmark and Sweden have not yet blamed Russia.