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Originally Posted by Leeman4Gilmour
Sachs speculating it was the States along with Blinken commenting about how the loss of Nordstream was a "tremendous opportunity" for the US is very hard to ignore. Plus the gas source is controlled by Russia. Nordstream was shut down but, if Germany requested for gas to resume, Russia could have just said no. They didn't have to blow up their line. I understand having the line down kicks in force majeure for any kind of penalties Gazprom would have faced for not supplying gas, but Putin doesn't seem like a guy who would worry too much over a contract clause.
This seems like one of those "follow the money" mysteries. That seems to lead back to the Americans who will step in and take advantage of the tremendous opportunity "gifted" to them.
This is all 4D chess and I'm a mediocre checkers player, but it really doesn't make any kind of sense for the Russians to self sabotage in this case. To me.
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I don't buy the money argument. The US profits unbelievably from the integrity of the global alliance system. This move potentially jeopardizes or undermines that system. Imagine if NATO allies stopped buying US military equipment, for example. Natural Gas revenues are fleeting compared to that long term captive customer.