{"id":117449,"date":"2023-04-11T20:19:22","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T20:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/?p=117449"},"modified":"2023-04-11T20:19:22","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T20:19:22","slug":"does-europe-actually-exist-or-is-merely-a-us-puppet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/does-europe-actually-exist-or-is-merely-a-us-puppet\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Europe actually exist, or is merely a US puppet?"},"content":{"rendered":"

On February 8, 2023, legendary investigative journalist Seymore Hersh \u2014 famous for his 1969 exposure of the My Lai massacre and its cover-up during the Vietnam War, for which he received the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting<\/em> in 1970 \u2014 published a shocking article claiming Nord Stream sabotage was carried out by U.S. Navy divers during BALTOPS 22<\/em>, a NATO exercise that took place in the Baltic Sea in June 2022.<\/p>\n

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Seymore Hersh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Three months later, the planted explosives were remotely detonated, destroying the two pipelines. According to Hersh:<\/p>\n

\u201cBiden\u2019s decision to sabotage the pipelines came after more than nine months of highly secret back and forth debate inside Washington\u2019s national security community about how to best achieve that goal.<\/em><\/p>\n

For much of that time, the issue was not whether to do the mission, but how to get it done with no overt clue as to who was responsible. There was a vital bureaucratic reason for relying on the graduates of the [U.S. Navy\u2019s Diving and Salvage] center\u2019s hardcore diving school in Panama City.<\/em><\/p>\n

The divers were Navy only, and not members of America\u2019s Special Operations Command, whose covert operations must be reported to Congress and briefed in advance to the Senate and House leadership \u2013 the so-called Gang of Eight. The Biden Administration was doing everything possible to avoid leaks as the planning took place late in 2021 and into the first months of 2022.<\/em><\/p>\n

President Biden and his foreign policy team \u2013 National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, Secretary of State Tony Blinken, and Victoria Nuland, the Undersecretary of State for Policy \u2013 had been vocal and consistent in their hostility to the two pipelines, which ran side by side for 750 miles under the Baltic Sea from two different ports in northeastern Russia near the Estonian border, passing close to the Danish island of Bornholm before ending in northern Germany.<\/em><\/p>\n

The direct route, which bypassed any need to transit Ukraine, had been a boon for the German economy, which enjoyed an abundance of cheap Russian natural gas \u2013 enough to run its factories and heat its homes while enabling German distributors to sell excess gas, at a profit, throughout Western Europe. Action that could be traced to the administration would violate US promises to minimize direct conflict with Russia. Secrecy was essential<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Threefold \u2018Why\u2019 Behind the Attack<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to Hersh\u2019s investigative report, the \u201cwhy<\/em>\u201d behind Biden\u2019s decision to blow up the pipelines was threefold. First, it would massively impact Russia\u2019s economy, as its oil and gas revenues are estimated to account for as much as 45% of its annual budget. Once Nord Stream 2 got underway, that income stream would increase even further.<\/p>\n

Second, eliminating Germany\u2019s and Western Europe\u2019s ability to buy low-cost gas from Russia would force them to buy U.S. gas. As noted by Hersh, Nord Stream 1 was bad enough from the perspective of Washington, but were Nord Stream 2 to open up, Germany would be able to buy more than half of its annual consumption straight from Russia.<\/p>\n

Third, with Europe being so reliant on low-cost gas from Russia, \u201cWashington was afraid that countries like Germany would be reluctant to supply Ukraine with the money and weapons it needed to defeat Russia<\/em>,\u201d Hersh writes.<\/p>\n

A Fateful Plan Was Hatched<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to Hersh, Biden authorized U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan to \u201cbring together an interagency group to come up with a plan<\/em>\u201d for how to address the Nord Stream threat. The task force Sullivan convened allegedly included \u201cmen and women from the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the CIA and the State and Treasury Departments<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat became clear to participants, according to the source with direct knowledge of the process, is that Sullivan intended for the group to come up with a plan for the destruction of the two Nord Stream pipelines \u2014 and that he was delivering on the desires of the President<\/em>,\u201d Hersh writes.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOver the next several meetings, the participants debated options for an attack. The Navy proposed using a newly commissioned submarine to assault the pipeline directly.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Air Force discussed dropping bombs with delayed fuses that could be set off remotely. The CIA argued that whatever was done, it would have to be covert. Everyone involved understood the stakes. \u2018This is not kiddie stuff,\u2019 the source said. If the attack were traceable to the United States, \u2018It\u2019s an act of war\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n

Throughout \u2018all of this scheming,\u2019 the source said, \u2018some working guys in the CIA and the State Department were saying, \u2018Don\u2019t do this. It\u2019s stupid and will be a political nightmare if it comes out\u2019<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Will Europe View the Attack as an Act of War?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Unfortunately, that\u2019s where we find ourselves today. If the attacks can be definitively traced to the U.S., the Biden administration has not only committed an act of war against Russia, but also against NATO allies! To say the world is now in a conundrum would be an understatement.<\/p>\n

Will Germany and Western Europe accept industrial terrorism against them by a supposed ally? Well, perhaps. Because according to Hersh\u2019s \u201cdeep throat\u201d source, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz met with Biden at the White House and personally agreed with the operation.<\/p>\n

The source also claims Norway, another NATO member, was in on the plan and helped solve several hurdles encountered along the way. Norway also had financial incentive to keep the secret, as the destruction of Nord Stream would allow them to sell more natural gas to Europe too.<\/p>\n

But here\u2019s the deeper question: If a small group of NATO allies conspired to commit what some have called \u201cone of the worst terrorist attacks in history<\/em>\u201d against allied member nations, in addition to causing one of the worst ecological disasters in history, what will be the result? Will affected NATO members, whose economies and industries have been demolished, accept a sheepish apology?<\/p>\n

Time will tell, but clearly, the Biden administration\u2019s actions have brought us to the very brink of world war.<\/p>\n

The possibility of war escalation is made even more prominent by the fact that Putin on February 21 announced he is indefinitely suspending Russia\u2019s participation in the New START<\/em> treaty, a strategic nuclear arms treaty with the U.S. that limits the nuclear arsenals of both countries. The only element really holding this house of cards together right now is the fact that mainstream media are refusing to touch Hersh\u2019s whistleblower story.<\/p>\n

Circumventing Congress<\/strong><\/p>\n

As for the shocking indiscretion of Nuland and Biden in the months before the attack, Hersh\u2019s source noted that several of the planners were indeed \u201cdismayed<\/em>\u201d by it.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was like putting an atomic bomb on the ground in Tokyo and telling the Japanese that we are going to detonate it<\/em>,\u201d the source told Hersh. \u201cThe plan was for the options to be executed post invasion and not advertised publicly. Biden simply didn\u2019t get it or ignored it<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, the indirect admission also \u201ccreated an opportunity<\/em>\u201d for the planners, as \u201csenior officials of the CIA determined that blowing up the pipeline \u2018no longer could be considered a covert option because the president just announced that we knew how to do it\u2019.<\/em>\u201d Hersh continues:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe plan to blow up Nord Stream 1 and 2 was suddenly downgraded from a covert operation requiring that Congress be informed to one that was deemed as a highly classified intelligence operation with U.S. military support.<\/em><\/p>\n

Under the law, the source explained, \u2018There was no longer a legal requirement to report the operation to Congress. All they had to do now is just do it \u2014 but it still had to be secret. The Russians have superlative surveillance of the Baltic Sea.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n

The Agency working group members had no direct contact with the White House and were eager to find out if the President meant what he\u2019d said \u2014 that is, if the mission was now a go. The source recalled, \u2018Bill Burns comes back and says, \u2018Do it\u2019<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Russia Calls for Independent UN-Led Probe<\/strong><\/p>\n

Russia is calling on the United Nations to establish an independent international investigation to identify \u201cperpetrators, sponsors, organizers and accomplices<\/em>,\u201d as Russia and \u201cother interested parties<\/em>\u201d have been barred from the German investigation.<\/p>\n

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On February 21, 2023, Russia convened a Security Council meeting to vote on the resolution. According to UN News<\/em>, the Council discussion got rather heated as U.S. ambassador John Kelley insisted Russia was \u201cabusing its position as Council member<\/em>\u201d by airing unfounded \u201cinternet conspiracy theories<\/em>\u201d:<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018We are not here to set up a trial in the Security Council,\u2019 Russian ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said during discussions. He said Moscow was presenting a request for an independent investigation in light of doubts about the integrity and transparency of Denmark, Germany and Sweden in their ongoing inquiries.<\/em><\/p>\n

Instead, he said, the UN Secretary-General \u2018is someone we trust\u2019 to lead an investigation. There was \u2018proof that explosives had been planted\u2019 near the pipeline during a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) exercise in the summer of 2022, he said, referring to a recent United States news report by reporter Seymour Hersh claiming Washington was involved.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018This journalist is telling the truth,\u2019 he told Council members. \u2018This is more than just a smoking gun that detectives love in Hollywood blockbusters. It\u2019s a basic principle of justice; everything is in your hands, and we can resolve this today\u2019<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Evidence of \u2018Gross Sabotage\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

UN Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo, urged parties to \u201cshow restraint<\/em>\u201d and \u201cavoid any speculation<\/em>\u201d and \u201cunfounded accusations that could further escalate the already heightened tensions in the region and potentially inhibit the search for the truth<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

She did note, however, that preliminary results from the inquiry by Germany, Sweden and Denmark showed signs of \u201cgross sabotage<\/em>\u201d and that \u201cforeign items<\/em>\u201d had been seized at the site.<\/p>\n

While the Council remained split on the decision to launch a UN-led investigation, many expressed \u201cgrave concerns about the ecological impacts<\/em>\u201d of the sabotage, and agreed that the Council\u2019s efforts should focus on de-escalating tensions in line with international law and the UN Charter.<\/p>\n

According to an analysis by the UN Environment Program\u2019s (UNEP) International Methane Emissions Observatory, the methane emitted during the explosion is estimated to be between 75 to 230 kilotons \u2014 a record in terms of being from a single event.<\/p>\n

An Undeclared War<\/strong><\/p>\n

As suggested by UnHerd<\/em> columnist Thomas Fazi, \u201cWe are already at war with Russia<\/em>,\u201d and this \u201cnever-ending escalation will result in catastrophe<\/em>.\u201d He writes:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe narrative of Western intervention in Ukraine \u2014 that \u2018NATO is not at war with Russia\u2019 and that \u2018the equipment we\u2019re providing is purely defensive\u2019 \u2014 is being revealed for what it always was: a fiction.<\/em><\/p>\n

At Ramstein Air Base in Germany, another kernel of truth slipped through the cracks at a briefing by US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley.<\/em><\/p>\n

Austin and Miller stated in no uncertain terms that the US was committed to going \u2018on the offensive to liberate Russian-occupied Ukraine\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n

The admission that the weapons being provided by the US and NATO are of an offensive, not defensive, character marks a significant U-turn for the Biden administration. In March last year, Biden promised the public that the US would not send \u2018offensive equipment\u2019 and \u2018planes and tanks\u2019 to Ukraine, because this would trigger \u2018World War 3\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n

This is simply the latest in a long list of red lines that the US and NATO have crossed since the start of the conflict. [We] need to acknowledge that we are already at war with Russia. The fact that there has been no formal declaration of war is beside the point.<\/em><\/p>\n

By providing increasingly powerful military equipment as well as financial, technical, logistical and training support to one of the warring factions, including for offensive operations (even within Russian territory), the West is engaged in a de facto military confrontation with Russia, regardless of what our leaders may claim<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

As noted by Fazi, the current military strategy of the West is based on a highly dubious assumption, namely that Russia will accept military defeat and loss of territory without resorting to nuclear weapons. Being wrong would be disastrous for the whole world, and if we\u2019re making assumptions, there\u2019s every reason to assume Russia will NOT accept defeat before every available option has been used up.<\/p>\n

After all, Russia\u2019s perspective is that it\u2019s fighting an existential threat in Ukraine. Meanwhile, evidence suggests the basis for the United States\u2019 interest in, and defense of, Ukraine is related to it being a valuable money laundering hub and, potentially, a secret biological weapons manufacturing ally.<\/p>\n

Americans cannot be na\u00efve about this, seeing how it\u2019s their lives that will be destroyed were Russia to send nuclear missiles their way. Europeans also need to use their discernment to determine whether protecting Deep State interests is really worth the price.<\/p>\n

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yogaesoteric
\nApril 11, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n

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