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On January 27, 2022 [[neocon]] provocateur Victoria Nuland stated at a U.S. State Department press briefing "one way or another Nord Stream II will not move forward."   

On January 27, 2022 [[neocon]] provocateur Victoria Nuland stated at a U.S. State Department press briefing "one way or another Nord Stream II will not move forward."   

[[File:P8+HAAWC+2.jpg|left|400px|thumb|''Illustration of a HAAWC anti-sub missile delivered by a Navy P8 subhunter.]]

[[File:P8+HAAWC+2.jpg|left|400px|thumb|''Illustration of a HAAWC anti-sub missile delivered by a Navy P8 subhunter.]]

What came next was stunning. On February 7, 2022 less than three weeks before the seemingly inevitable [[Special military operation|Russian invasion of Ukraine]], Biden met in his White House office with German Chancellor [[Olaf Scholz]], who, after some wobbling, was now firmly on the American team. At the press briefing that followed, Biden defiantly said, “If Russia invades . . . there will be no longer a [[Nord Stream 2]]. We will bring an end to it.”<ref>https://youtu.be/vbM7-r2VaMc</ref>

What came next was stunning. On February 7, 2022 less than three weeks before the seemingly inevitable [[Special military operation|Russian invasion of Ukraine]], Biden met in his White House office with German Chancellor [[Olaf Scholz]], who, after some wobbling, was now firmly on the American team.<ref>[https://scheerpost.com/2025/04/26/patrick-lawrence-germany-in-crisis-part-3-a-culture-of-submission/ Patrick Lawrence: Germany in Crisis Part 3: A Culture of Submission], April 26, 2025. scheerpost.com</ref> At the press briefing that followed, Biden defiantly said, “If Russia invades . . . there will be no longer a [[Nord Stream 2]]. We will bring an end to it.”<ref>https://youtu.be/vbM7-r2VaMc</ref>

Several of those involved in planning the pipeline mission were dismayed by what they viewed as indirect references to the attack. “It was like putting an [[atomic bomb]] on the ground in [[Tokyo]] and telling the [[Japan]]ese that we are going to detonate it.  The plan was for the options to be executed post invasion and not advertised publicly. Biden simply didn’t get it or ignored it.”

Several of those involved in planning the pipeline mission were dismayed by what they viewed as indirect references to the attack. “It was like putting an [[atomic bomb]] on the ground in [[Tokyo]] and telling the [[Japan]]ese that we are going to detonate it.  The plan was for the options to be executed post invasion and not advertised publicly. Biden simply didn’t get it or ignored it.”