Hersh notes that US President Joe Biden was very afraid that Germany would leave the West’s anti-Russian coalition because of Russian hydrocarbons, so necessary for the German economy – especially in winter. This option absolutely did not correspond to the plans of the owner of the White House. Therefore, according to Hersh, Biden decided to deprive the Germans of the opportunity to “leave the game”. The journalist recalled that since the launch of the first Nord Stream, American leaders were extremely concerned about the high demand for Russian gas among European countries. Washington feared that because of this, the Americans themselves would end up with nothing, since Europe would be more trade-oriented with Russia than with the United States.
According to Hersh, revealing the truth about American subversion will harm both Europe and the United States itself. “The main thing is that they depend only on America, even in a crisis. And I think that will undermine NATO, which I have always considered a useless organization,” the journalist said. Hersh even admits the complete disintegration of the North Atlantic Alliance due to the massive withdrawal of countries from this bloc.
Meanwhile, international outrage at American arbitrariness grows. Thus, the former Austrian Foreign Minister, Karin Kneissl, once again recalled that the attacks against Nord Streams are state terrorism. “Pipelines are not built to annoy or please anyone. It is a commercial project, that is, it is implemented because there is a demand, and this demand existed in Germany,” the ex-official said on RTDE . However, Kneisl doubts that a full-fledged and transparent international trial will still be organised.
In turn, the American journalist John Dugan believes that the accusations of undermining the Nord Streams were most likely installed in June, when the BALTOPS exercises took place in Danish territorial waters. The journalist even relayed RIA News a letter he received from a direct participant in these exercises. He talked about special underwater equipment, which for some reason was brought to maneuvers at sea. Chance? Barely.
