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Re:Nord Stream: Tie-ins and hyperbaric welding by rendall on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @07:56AM (#33006897)
> Russia: Basically none. They blew up their own pipelines.

They did it in sovereign territory, one of which is a NATO member. So, no, there is not "Basically no consequence". There is a very real likelihood that a NATO member will invoke Article 5.

Not only that, the direct consequences are dire for Russia at a time when they desperately need leverage over Europe. Now they have none.

No. 4D chess and contorted motivations.

> USA: Massive

Agreed. I don't consider the US a likely suspect.

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Re:Nord Stream: Tie-ins and hyperbaric welding by Paradigma11 on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @08:05AM (#33006959)
Russia used nerve agents and radioactive substances on NATO soil to kill people. These are the specialists they used: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7248461/salisbury-poisoning-su...

Russia blew up weapons depots in Bulgaria and Czechia, killing two people.

You really think that they would not blow up their own pipeline in the EEZ of a NATO country?

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