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Europe is locking itself in to US LNG

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151 points hunglee2 | 2 comments | 16 Sep 25 13:56 UTC | HN request time: 0.4s | source
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neves ◴[16 Sep 25 14:06 UTC] No.45262447[source]▶
Wasn't it the point of Nord Stream sabotage? https://brian-whit.medium.com/nord-stream-sabotage-a-look-at...
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bilekas ◴[16 Sep 25 14:20 UTC] No.45262603[source]▶
No. This was alleged to be taken out by Ukrainian special forces in order to twist Europe's arm, which is a good thing in the end, but so far as anyone knows it had nothing to to with the US. Until I hear anything proving otherwise I will take what we know as all we know for now.

The US were not thrilled about it when it was being constructed, obviously, but this was normal tensions towards Russia, prescient in the end but here we are.

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phire ◴[16 Sep 25 14:39 UTC] No.45262890[source]▶
I don’t think Ukraine would have risked an operation against a country they were actively trying to get military support from.

My money is actually on Polish special forces (or one of the Baltic states), in an effort to force Germany to be serious about weaning itself off Russian natural gas.

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1. flohofwoe ◴[16 Sep 25 15:04 UTC] No.45263294[source]▶
> I don’t think Ukraine would have risked an operation against a country they were actively trying to get military support from.

It didn't make much of a difference to Germany since the gas flow via NS1 was already switched off for a while and NS2 never had delivered any gas before the sabotage happened. In the end it was more of a symbolic gesture to freeze the status quo that was already in place anyway.

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2. oneshtein ◴[16 Sep 25 18:32 UTC] No.45266024[source]▶
Follow the money.

Russia warns Europe that it will freeze to death if help to Ukraine will continue -> Russia stops NS1 to demonstrate their economical superpower -> EU companies are looking for $18 billion compensation -> NS1 blows up to make an excuse.