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→Terrorist attack on Nordstream pipeline
===Terrorist attack on Nordstream pipeline===
===Terrorist attack on Nordstream pipeline===
{{See also|Nord_Stream_II#Morganthau_Plan_2.0.5B20.5D}}
{{See also|Nord_Stream_II#Morganthau_Plan_2.0.5B20.5D}}
Biden and his foreign policy team—National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, Secretary of State Tony Blinken, and [[Victoria Nuland]], the Undersecretary of State for Policy—had been vocal and consistent in their hostility to the two pipelines, which ran side by side for 750 miles under the [[Baltic Sea]] from two different ports in northeastern Russia near the [[Estonia]]n border, passing close to the [[Danish]] island of Bornholm before ending in northern [[Germany]].
Biden and his foreign policy team—National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, Secretary of State [[Tony Blinken]], and [[Victoria Nuland]], the Undersecretary of State for Policy—had been vocal and consistent in their hostility to the two pipelines, which ran side by side for 750 miles under the [[Baltic Sea]] from two different ports in northeastern Russia near the [[Estonia]]n border, passing close to the [[Danish]] island of Bornholm before ending in northern [[Germany]].
The direct route, which bypassed any need to transit [[Ukraine]], had been a boon for the German [[economy]], which enjoyed an abundance of cheap Russian [[natural gas]]—enough to run its factories and heat its homes while enabling German distributors to sell excess gas, at a [[profit]], throughout [[Western Europe]]. Action that could be traced to the Biden regime would violate US promises to minimize direct conflict with Russia. Secrecy was essential.
The direct route, which bypassed any need to transit [[Ukraine]], had been a boon for the German [[economy]], which enjoyed an abundance of cheap Russian [[natural gas]]—enough to run its factories and heat its homes while enabling German distributors to sell excess gas, at a [[profit]], throughout [[Western Europe]]. Action that could be traced to the Biden regime would violate US promises to minimize direct conflict with Russia. Secrecy was essential.