Quote (fender @ Aug 25 2023 09:23pm)
calling it a "cash cow" just shows how ignorant some ppl here are. no gas was flowing through it, europe was committed to divesting from russian energy, and pootin knew very well that wouldn't change for many years to come.
does that mean it couldn't have been the ukrainians or the americans (both option i said from day 1 were possible, even though not as likely as russia)? no of course not, it still could be any of those.
however, claiming russia couldn't have done it because no one would be stupid enough to blow up their "cash cow" just demonstrates how little some people really know. unsurprisingly, that comprehensively debunked talking point is still uncritically regurgitated by a chinese drunkard and an obvious kremlin bot...
YES a cash cow because YOU GUYS had been buying as much of that stuff as the Russians could deliver. Would you like me to fact check that and produce some numbers in billions of Euros LMK
Not even mentioning how dumb it would be to blow up your own pipeline considering the costs and difficulty of building that thing and the FACT that Russia was in control and could simply stop supplies for a decade if they wanted and possibly resume gas deliveries in the future.
People that suggest here that Russia blew up their multi-billion pipeline and cash cow while they were in full control of the gas flow are completely brainwashed. Zero braincells left to think for themselves SMH