by Michael
For the nice of humanity, this has bought to cease. The USA and Russia each hold elevating the stakes, and if we hold repeating this cycle it’ll finish with a nuclear conflict that might in the end lead to billions of deaths. Sadly, leaders on either side don’t appear concerned with peace at this level. The votes that Russia simply carried out in 4 disputed territories had been inevitably going to lift tensions even larger. In fact the western powers have been significantly escalating issues themselves. Over the previous couple of months, NATO has gotten much more deeply concerned within the battle in Ukraine, and now the conflict is beginning to unfold past Ukrainian borders.
Everybody agrees that the harm brought about to the Nord Stream pipeline system was an act of sabotage. As I mentioned yesterday, an explosion that registered 1.9 on the Richter scale was adopted by a second explosion that registered 2.3 on the Richter scale. These explosions had been completely big, and that means that this was a navy operation.
Many within the western world are blaming Russia for the sabotage, however why would they blow up pipelines that they spent a lot time and power developing and which have enabled them to make large mountains of cash promoting pure fuel to Europe?
The Russians have already been punishing the Europeans by proscribing the movement of fuel by means of these pipelines. There was actually no have to blow them up.
Whether it is in the end confirmed that the Russians did this, it could be one of many stupidest geopolitical strikes that I’ve ever seen.
In fact there may be another person that might have executed it.
On Friday, September twenty third the next assertion was posted on the official White Home web site…
The USA won’t ever acknowledge Ukrainian territory as something aside from a part of Ukraine. Russia’s referenda are a sham – a false pretext to attempt to annex elements of Ukraine by pressure in flagrant violation of worldwide legislation, together with the United Nations Constitution. We’ll work with our allies and companions to impose extra swift and extreme financial prices on Russia. The USA stands with our companions world wide – and with each nation that respects the core tenets of the UN constitution – in rejecting no matter fabricated outcomes Russia will announce. We’ll proceed to help the Ukrainian individuals and supply them with safety help to assist them defend themselves as they courageously resist Russia’s invasion.
So Joe Biden promised to impose “swift and extreme financial prices on Russia” on Friday, after which on Monday each Nord Stream pipelines had been blown up.
And by now you’ve gotten in all probability already heard that Joe Biden threatened to assault the Nord Stream pipeline system earlier than the conflict in Ukraine even began…
Pres. Biden: “If Russia invades…then there shall be now not a Nord Stream 2. We’ll deliver an finish to it.”
Reporter: “However how will you try this, precisely, since…the undertaking is in Germany’s management?”
Biden: “I promise you, we can try this.”
Biden had clearly been discussing this feature along with his advisers, and a kind of advisers named Victoria Nuland additionally made an identical menace previous to the outbreak of the Ukrainian battle…
“If Russia invades Ukraine, a method or one other, Nord Stream 2 is not going to transfer ahead.”
Some enterprising reporter must ask the Biden administration in the event that they had been chargeable for the sabotage.
In fact they are going to in all probability deny it even when they ordered the assault.
However it’s fascinating to notice that the Kearsarge Amphibious Prepared Group entered the Baltic Sea in early September…
The Kearsarge Amphibious Prepared Group (ARG) with the embarked twenty second Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) concluded two profitable coaching occasions with the Swedish Armed Forces and Standing NATO Maritime Group (SNMG) 1 whereas working within the Baltic Sea, Sept. 4, 2022.
Sadly, the Kearsarge Amphibious Prepared Group didn’t go away the Baltic Sea space immediately.
The truth is, it’s being reported that this process pressure didn’t truly go away the Baltic Sea till a couple of days in the past…
The Kearsarge Amphibious Prepared Group (ARG) and the twenty second Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) have departed the Baltic Sea and are within the English Channel. The ARG consists of USS Kearsarge (LHD-3), USS Arlington (LPD-24) and USS Gunston Corridor (LSD-44). Kearsarge and Gunston Corridor accomplished port calls in Gdynia and Gdansk, respectively, final week.
This is able to have given them loads of time to plant explosives on the Nord Stream pipeline system in the event that they had been inclined to take action.
As well as, we now have realized that the U.S. Navy was testing “the newest developments in unmanned underwater car mine looking know-how” within the Baltic Sea in the course of the month of June…
A major focus of BALTOPS yearly is the demonstration of NATO mine looking capabilities, and this 12 months the U.S. Navy continues to make use of the train as a possibility to check rising know-how, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa Public Affairs mentioned June 14.
In help of BALTOPS, U.S. Navy sixth Fleet partnered with U.S. Navy analysis and warfare facilities to deliver the newest developments in unmanned underwater car mine looking know-how to the Baltic Sea to display the car’s effectiveness in operational situations.
Experimentation was carried out off the coast of Bornholm, Denmark, with contributors from Naval Data Warfare Middle Pacific, Naval Undersea Warfare Middle Newport, and Mine Warfare Readiness and Effectiveness Measuring all underneath the course of U.S. sixth Fleet Activity Power 68.
Our Navy appears to have spent lots of time within the Baltic Sea these days, eh?
Evidently, the Russians are very indignant about what has occurred, and so they have referred to as an emergency assembly of the UN Safety Council…
“Russia has requested an pressing assembly of the UN Safety Council in reference to sabotage in opposition to two traces of the Nord Stream. We count on it to be held tomorrow,” Dmitry Polyanskiy, one in every of Russia’s high representatives on the U.N., wrote on his Telegram channel, in response to a translation.
Shortly after issuing the assertion early Wednesday, the French delegation to the U.N. confirmed to him {that a} assembly would certainly happen on Friday – a tacit acknowledgement of the panic that the explosions and subsequent leaks have brought about.
Will probably be very fascinating to see what transpires at that assembly.
Allow us to hope that the reality about all of this ultimately comes out.
However much more, allow us to hope that cooler heads begin to prevail and that leaders on either side begin to push for peace.
As a result of if either side proceed to hammer each other, in some unspecified time in the future somebody goes to cross a line that may by no means be uncrossed.
We’re steamrolling towards nuclear conflict, and as soon as the missiles begin flying our world won’t ever be the identical once more.
So I’m not ashamed to say that I’m pro-peace.
Nuclear conflict is a destiny that’s too horrible for phrases, however with every passing day our leaders are dragging us ever nearer to such a battle.
