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Back in [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]], planners knew they had to go to Norway. “They [[Russophobia|hated the Russians]], and the Norwegian navy was full of superb sailors and divers who had generations of experience in highly [[profit]]able deep-sea oil and gas exploration,” the source said. They also could be trusted to keep the mission secret. (The Norwegians may have had other interests as well. The destruction of [[Nord Stream]]—if the Americans could pull it off—would allow Norway to sell vastly more of its own [[natural gas]] to [[Europe]].)
Back in [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]], planners knew they had to go to Norway. “They [[Russophobia|hated the Russians]], and the Norwegian navy was full of superb sailors and divers who had generations of experience in highly [[profit]]able deep-sea oil and gas exploration,” the source said. They also could be trusted to keep the mission secret. (The Norwegians may have had other interests as well. The destruction of [[Nord Stream]]—if the Americans could pull it off—would allow Norway to sell vastly more of its own [[natural gas]] to [[Europe]].)
On September 26, 2022, a Navy P8 surveillance plane made a seemingly routine flight. Three of the four pipelines were put out of commission. Within a few minutes, pools of [[methane gas]] that remained in the shuttered pipelines could be seen spreading on the water's surface and the world learned that something irreversible had taken place.
On September 26, 2022, a Navy [[P8 Poseidon]] surveillance plane made a seemingly routine flight. Three of the four pipelines were put out of commission. Within a few minutes, pools of [[methane gas]] that remained in the shuttered pipelines could be seen spreading on the water's surface and the world learned that something irreversible had taken place.
Asked at a press conference days later about the consequences of the worsening energy crisis in Western Europe, [[Biden regime]] foreign minister [[Antony Blinken]] described the moment as a potentially good one:
Asked at a press conference days later about the consequences of the worsening energy crisis in Western Europe, [[Biden regime]] foreign minister [[Antony Blinken]] described the moment as a potentially good one: