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Was there any evidence of the US blowing up the pipeline or is it just speculation at this point?
Yes. Seymour Hersh has provided everything we can expect to get short of the CIA and Joint Chiefs declassifying their documentation.
Thanks for the keyword. I found his substack (which is paid) and a Snopes article saying his claim is bogus.
https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/how-america-took-out-the-nord-stream
https://www.democracynow.org/2023/2/15/nord_stream_sy_hersh
https://www.snopes.com/news/2023/02/10/hersh-nord-stream-sabotage/
Before we talk about the smoking gun evidence, the tacit admissions by Blinken and Biden, the obvious incentives for the US to do this.
Have you ever doubted a claim made about Russia based on anonymous sources in your life? Name one
What? Sorry, I don't understand. Plus, what does my opinion have to do with anything? I'm not an expert on.... anything lol
There are many other stories about Russia that have gotten Snopes approval that relied on the exact same kind of sourcing from AP, Reuters, NYT, Guardian, BBC, France24, all the main shit that has a veneer of legitimacy which gets rated positively by the orgs that give articles disinformation ratings. You know, Apple News filler.
Snopes is a ridiculous website.