Newfie wrote:Carinke,
Sorry, I got carried away with my last post. Too much coffee in the am I guess.
I take your point that there is no definitive answer and, unfortunately, we can NOT rule out US involvement in the NorStrwam strike.
I have different ideas and bias. Obviously.
I appreciate the back and forth, the discussion is not to "win" but to learn.
Sometimes I need to remind myself of that.
No Problem, I've been known to get a little zealous at times.
It did motivate me to check out all of your links pretty thoroughly, all of Nielsen's links and did a google search on him. Wiki was Wiki. I especially liked the Security Advisor's analysis. As a psych major, I was impressed.
Nielson is a Danish Professor in a military school. He has an OK following on You Tube and Zero presence on WIKI. His Web Page is barren with a Picture and very short synopsis. His social space is some obscure "Decentralized" site. I disagree with his hypothesis, especially since he admits his evidence will probably never be revealed.
. We will just have to wait and see, and we can do nothing to influence it. I think Nielson believes he is correct, but he is looking at it through Danish Eyes. Finally he doesn't understand Bitcoin.
The Country doing the investigation was Sweden not Norway.
But since we are on the subject of Norway, Norway and Ukraine would have the most to gain by the destruction of the pipelines. Norway stands to profit as the only working pipeline, and Ukraine gets more arms that we pay for. Norway and apparently Ukraine certainly have the access and capability to pull it off.
I assume you have seen the Biden clip prior to Russia's invasion where he threatens Putin that if he invades, he was going to shutdown Nordstrom. When the incredulous reporter asked "how?" he just reaffirmed it would be shut down. Fox News must show that clip 60 times a day.
How about the clips after the sabotage? Where both sides of the aisle were celebrating how beneficial it was for the west and how the Russians made a stupid error in judgement.
Fiona Hill's talk/interview on the other hand was simply brilliant.
I learned a LOT from it. She had me mesmerized and in awe how she presented her case to this audience. I could nit pick a few things, but they would be very minor. She truly, through her observations got into Putin's mind. Putin is obviously paranoid, but it is probably justified. His 24 year rule has evolved into something similar to Saudi Arabia.
Fiona Hill believes we are already in World War III, but so far we have managed to keep the battlefield to one country. She does NOT think Putin wants to engage with NATO directly and is Not concerned with Sweden or Finland joining NATO, but does have issues with Norway. I agree with this assessment. I wonder why Putin did not blow Norway's Pipeline, it would seem a better target, and still not an attack on NATO.
Hopefully all the party's will be brought to bargaining table this year, but I'm not holding my breath over things I have no control over. Instead I/We have been working on the beach place making it a sustainable (for generations) place of refuge, in an increasingly dangerous Blue State. That is something I DO have control over.
BTW Part of my "Good Morning" routine on google is, "This Day in History." Did you know Castro avoided over 60 assassination's attempts by the CIA? Including an explosive Cigar, and a rare seashell placed along his normal Scuba Swim, booby trapped to kill him.
Sounds like a Road Runner Cartoon.
Peace,