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only a handful of investigators at most have been assigned to work on the Nord Stream case on a full-time basis.

the perception among investigators is that the will to solve the case is not particularly pronounced in the capital. Politically, it is easier to live with what happened if it remains unclear who is behind the attacks.

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[–] plistig@feddit.de 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

"This is the most important investigation of Germany's postwar history because of its potential political implications," says a senior security official.

And yet, nobody in Germany cares. Neither officials nor the people (nor me). The pipe should never have been built, so let's be thankful to whoever helped us un-building it.

[–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Indeed. And even if Ukraine did it IMO it's a reasonable target in a war like this. Wouldn't bother me.

[–] D1G17AL@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This. So what if Ukraine destroyed the pipeline. Russia invaded their country. Its war. All bets are off when it comes to war. The Ukrainians are allowed to attack Russian assets. Whether they did it themselves or they were helped by the US doesn't particularly matter. Short of boots on the ground the USA is doing everything it can to support Ukraine in this war. Russia and Russian propagandists can go fuck themselves.

[–] Ooops@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This. So what if Ukraine destroyed the pipeline. Russia invaded their country. Its war.

How about this as a draft of how to react?

But they didn't attack the Russian side. They have commited an act of war against an ally. Oh, and of course they kept importing and transfering Russian gas none-the-less... through lines they get paid for. Not really surprising given the fact that they had also pushed lies and propaganda about Germany for half a year at that point (We could see German weapons delivered to Ukraine in videos back in March or see Russians document German mines in April while Ukrainian officials still openly lied that not a single piece promised -including from before the war- was ever delivered... in June. We also will not simply forget the lying propagadist pushing desinformation in Germany for 7 years while pretending to be an actual ambassador), but very telling.

Proof that they detonated the pipelines that weren't even in use, so purely for symbolical reasons, and were also willing to attack the infrastructure of a country supporting them to do so would very well fit the picture and should have the obvious consequences:

Supporting them right now makes sense from humanitarian and geo-political perspectives. Once that acute problem is handled... let's treat them exactly like the "Russia light" corrupt shit hole that is lying, pushing propaganda and carrying out false-flag operation against an ally even, probably while believing this to be actual foreign politics.

[–] IWantToFuckSpez@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Best thing that could’ve happened to Germany and Europe. For too long have they been suckling on Russia’s tits and became too dependent on cheap Russian gas.

[–] Mbourgon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I understand why they did it originally - tie them to you as an ally, so it’s in all parties’ best interests to behave. Gives both sides benefits. But it assumes all parties are rational, and Putin isn’t. I feel sorry for the Russians who don’t know/understand this, since they’ll be paying for this long after Putin offs himself/falls out a window. But fuck Putin.

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[–] CascadeOfLight@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah yeah, all this evidence like:

One of the three or four ships in the world with a moon pool that could supply and enable divers to work at the depth of the pipeline, hanging around the area after a naval maneuver less than five days before the explosion

A US Navy anti-submarine plane (indeed, one of the only planes in the world with the ability to generate a signal that would reach to the depth of the pipeline) flying the length of the pipeline almost exactly 24 hours before the explosion

And the Commander in Chief of the most ~~expensive~~ powerful military in the world, explaining that the Nordstream pipelines would be brought offline by any means necessary (not shown in the photo, he is standing literally right next to Olaf Scholz - the Chancellor of Germany - who did not even attempt to contradict his statement).

[–] reddwarf@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Great, the hexbear loonies escaped the asylum again

[–] CascadeOfLight@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bootlickers: try not to respond with accusations of mental illness challenge: (IMPOSSIBLE) (GONE WRONG) (GONE NATO)

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[–] ToxicDivinity@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

Do you have a rebuttal to the argument or are you just trolling?

[–] zephyreks@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago

I mean... Man's got a good point here lol. As far as circumstantial evidence goes, this is pretty damning.

[–] Zuzak@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] FnordPrefect@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

biden-point "Of course it does! We trained those divers well, they wouldn't generate evidence for our investigators to find that points back to us now would they?"

[–] reddwarf@feddit.nl 6 points 1 year ago

Great, the hexbear loonies escaped the asylum again

[–] Tilted@programming.dev 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

A lot of speculation, uncertainty and hypotheticals. The west will continue to support Ukraine against Russia.

[–] Aryuproudomenowdaddy@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah this article is missing the mark. Much like the larger conflict the U.S. is going to throw Ukranians under the bus for it's own agenda, like selling oil and gas to the EU at wildly inflated rates.

[–] atlasraven31@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why sell oil when the US can sell weapons? It helps that Russia can't sell theirs.

[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Right? And they are the mothballed shit that was gonna rot in a wearhouse instead of doing what they are supposed to do: blow Russians into tiny peices.

Now we get to watch a field test in war conditions, restock our own troops with even better shit, design strategies with the use of drones after watching how well the Ukrainian military are using them, and sit on our ass providing intelligence while the Russians get royally fucked.

[–] Flaps@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago
[–] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is a win/win for everyone except Russian invaders.

[–] StalinwasaGryffindor@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Well, and all the dead ukrainians

[–] SaltySalamander@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I'm sure the majority of Ukrainians would rather fight for their very existence instead of rolling over and ending up a Russian satellite state again.

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[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Who do you think blew up the pipeline?

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[–] Dolores@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

obviously with the support and assent of the US, but it is a funny counterfactual if the US posturing had actually been to politically pressure the end of Nordstream & it actually fucked up the plan when rogue ukrainians blew it up

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