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Originally Posted by Firebot
Attack on the Baltic Pipe would be considered a direct attack on NATO, much like how sabotaging a transatlantic telecommunications cable would be. Russia attacking its own assets is a grey area.
Let's remember it is Russia that cut the oil and gas flow as blackmail. This is doubling down on that blackmail by damaging the infrastructure and a warning that he can the same to any Europe infrastructure.
You have not been following the war well if you think this was a random act. It makes perfect sense from a crazed lunatic to blackmail Europe, much the same way it makes perfect sense for a madman to blow up the dam that directly feeds Zelensky's home town as a retaliation for losing Izyum.
And that's exactly why I do fully believe Putin will use tactical nukes soon. Even Bond villains act more sane in movies then he does right now.
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Yeah I just can't agree.
It only makes sense in retrospect, but when you look at it from before this event and ask "what can we blow up or destroy that will signal our ability to do this", why pick Nordstream? It's so damned valuable to Russia.
Blow up a couple of those seized superyachts for example, they're spectacular targets.
There are probably thousands of other options. And why blow up both pipes, if the point was to demonstrate ability? Wouldn't just blowing up one of the two pipes achieved all the same things?