Regarding the mastermind behind the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline explosion, although there is some speculation, the truth has not been revealed. Recently, Seymour Hersh, a top investigative journalist in the United States, posted an article on his personal platform revealing that the explosion of the "Nord Stream" gas pipeline that shocked the world was a secret sabotage operation approved by Biden, planned by the CIA, and assisted by Norway.
Sources with inside knowledge of the operation told the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist the ins and outs of the Nord Stream pipeline bombing, and the United States, unsurprisingly, was once again the culprit in provoking world strife.
What is even more shocking is that the United States began secretly planning how to sabotage the Nord Stream gas pipeline a few months before the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
Why did the United States have to scrap the Nord Stream pipeline? How exactly did the Nord Stream pipeline get blown up? But before talking about these issues, it is necessary to get to know Hersh the whistleblower.
The 85-year-old Hersh has taken the lead in exposing the atrocities of the US military and the lies of the US government many times, and he has made public the brutal crimes of the US military in Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Cambodia, so that the world can see the true face of the US massacres, torture prisoners, and provoke incidents overseas.
It can be said that in exposing the dark side of the old beauty, Hersh is very professional and credible. This time, he aimed his whistle at the shady scene where the Nord Stream pipeline was bombed.
Last September, the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines leaked, scrapping the main pipeline for Russian gas to Germany.
Unlike the previous pipelines from Russia to Germany, Nord Stream does not pass through high-priced transit countries such as Ukraine and Poland, but directly reaches Germany under the sea, realizing the direct connection between the two countries and greatly reducing costs.
Among them, Nord Stream 1 has been providing Germany with abundant nature for more than a decade, and the price is particularly affordable, which is quite dependent on Germany and other Western European countries.
There is no doubt that the operation of Nord Stream is conducive to both Europe's economic development and regional stability, but the United States does not want to see such a good thing.
The Nord Stream pipeline has always been a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh of the Biden administration. Because of Nord Stream, Russia has become an indispensable partner for Western Europe, which is much less dependent on the United States. The hegemonic position of the United States is in danger of collapse in Western Europe.
Therefore, after the completion of Nord Stream 2 in September 2021, the Biden administration tried its best to obstruct its operation, tried everything to stimulate Russia, intensified the contradictions between Russia and NATO and Ukraine, and insidiously pushed Russia step by step to war, and the behind-the-scenes driving force of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict is the United States. In this way, the frightened Western European countries were once again pulled back to the knees by the United States.
However, if the thorn of Nord Stream is not completely removed, the EU will have the opportunity to betray the United States, so the United States is bound to abolish Nord Stream.
In December 2021, two months before the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the Biden administration began planning how to disrupt the Nord Stream pipeline.
The US Navy proposes to directly attack the pipeline with submarines; The U.S. Air Force recommends dropping bombs that can be detonated remotely; The CIA pointed out that no matter how it blows up Nord Stream, it must be absolutely hidden. These conspirators know very well that the sabotage they plan is tantamount to an act of war.
So the CIA arranged a working group to plan this covert operation, secretly recruiting professional deep-sea divers in the United States to become a special operations team, planning to let them plant explosives along Nord Stream.
Once they've decided on a plan, all they have to think about is where to start.
First, it was necessary to find a geographically appropriate accomplice, and Norway in Northern Europe was an excellent partner in this operation.
Norway was one of the first members of NATO and has a tough anti-Russian stance. In addition, if Nord Stream is gone, Norway will be very happy, because Norway is also a big natural gas country, but it has been suppressed by Russia's low-cost natural gas for many years, and Norway certainly wants to drive Russia out of the European market.
Complicity was identified, then the next step is when to implement the plan.
Every June, U.S. forces participate in NATO exercises in the Baltic Sea, so the United States and Norway decided to use the June exercise as a cover to insert special operations teams into the exercise, and their task was to put C4 explosives along the Nord Stream pipeline before the end of the exercise.
In order to completely cover up the eyes, the White House asked the CIA not to explode too close to the time of the NATO exercise. Then it was the Norwegian's turn. On September 28, 2022, a Norwegian Navy reconnaissance plane dropped an unobtrusive sonar buoy that could trigger C4, followed by an explosion of C4 explosives already placed in Nord Stream three months earlier, leaking pipes and spewing natural gas out of the sea.
The explosion of the Nord Stream pipeline cut off the technical and energy cooperation between Western Europe and Russia, further isolated Russia, and caused incalculable economic losses and ecological damage. Although Europe hates the deliberate destruction of the Nord Stream pipeline, they can only be angry and have no other way.
The biggest profit from the explosion of the Nord Stream pipeline is undoubtedly the United States and Norway. These two countries have replaced Russia as the largest natural gas supplier to Western Europe, and they have made huge profits by asking sky-high prices.
Although Western Europe was very reluctant to be slaughtered, and repeatedly asked the United States and Norway to set reasonable prices, it was never successful, and finally had to endure.
Countries without energy are like concubines who have been beaten into the cold palace and waiting to die, while Nord Stream has been paralyzed by bombing, and Western Europe has no way out. Since then, Western Europe's knees have softened, and the United States has become more arrogant. Therefore, even if the truth has been revealed, Western Europe, which has been stepped on by the United States, can only swallow this evil breath.
Although the White House and CIA publicly deny everything that Hersh revealed, do you choose to believe the US government, which is full of lies, or do you choose to believe Hersh?
Finally, I want to say that the United States, which racked its brains and did all its bad things, has provided the film and television industry with a story theme that shocked the world.