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nyhoo

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He controls the switich and had already turned it off at that point


no gas was flowing when it blew. Putin gained nothing by destroying the pipline and actually lost the option to continue to blackmail Germany.

More importantly long term, the blowing up of the pipleine was the catalyst that forced Europe to ween itself off of Russian gas - which it has basically done with minimal pain thanks to a mild winter. If the US did it - which I believe is most likey - it was a brilliant move. But one with incredible risk.

[Post edited by nyhoo at 05/16/2023 1:41PM]

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Posted: 05/16/2023 at 1:39PM



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