Posted on 09/28/2022 3:16:16 AM PDT by grundle
WASHINGTON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday warned that if Russia invades Ukraine, there would be no Nord Stream 2, but did not specify how he would go about ensuring the controversial pipeline would not be used.
Speaking at a joint news conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Biden said, "If Russia invades... again, then there will be longer Nord Stream 2. We will bring an end to it."
When asked how he would do that, he responded, "I promise you we will be able to do it."
Europe's most divisive energy project, Nord Stream 2 is designed by Russian energy giant Gazprom to double the amount of gas flowing from Russia straight to Germany, bypassing traditional transit nation Ukraine.
The United States and Germany have sought to present a united front against potential Russian military aggression in Ukraine, with Biden declaring the two in "lockstep" despite questions over Berlin's commitment to scuttle the important energy pipeline.
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“… But even after all that, no one can 100% determine a blast itself was sabotage, or done by who, just because there was a blast.
That is just plain stupid and foolish.…”
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Perhaps it’s “plain stupid and foolish” and perhaps it’s not. It’s possible that time and assessment of detailed collected information/intelligence will tell. Bombings leave LOTS of information behind. Just ask the Unabomber. The information is sometimes in thousands of pieces. Sometimes it’s explosive residue. Sometimes it’s bits of the bomb imbedded in concrete or metal or scattered in pieces on the seabed. Sometimes it’s the particular way a blast has deformed/damaged the structure target. Sometimes it’s detailed metallurgical forensics to determine unique alloys found in bomb fragments. Etc etc etc….
And THAT is what I’m waiting to see. And I do NOT want it done by our extremely UNTRUSTWORTHY FBI. I want to see it all done by the Swedish, Danish and German forensic scientists. THE TRUTH WILL OUT!
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