In the wake of Seymour Hersh’s bombshell reporting on the US terror attack on German-Russian civilian energy infrastructure—i.e., the sabotage attack on the Nordstream 2 pipeline—Tom Luongo goes for the Big Picture: These are interesting questions because one thing that becomes clear from Hersh’s reporting is that not everyone who was “in the loop” on the planning for the terror attack was on board with it. Some considered it “stupid” and reckless. In other words, a typical Neocon scheme. But in terms of the Big Picture, also consider these tweets, which have their counterpart in Hersh’s article:
I pasted the term 'seymour hersh nordstream' into the search bars on the Washington Post, New York Times and Wall Street Journal's webpages this morning. Zero results.
Hersh writes that Tony Blinken commented after the pipelines were blown up: “It’s a tremendous opportunity to once and for all remove the dependence on Russian energy and thus to take away from Vladimir Putin the weaponization of energy as a means of advancing his imperial designs."
Its interesting that Blinken characterizes a commercial enterprise (the sale of gas) freely conducted by willing parties (the seller and buyer) as the 'weaponization of energy'.
The implications of this statement are beyond description.
Hersh writes in a note explaining his decision to publish on Substack: "I’ve put in my time at the major outlets, but was never at home there. More recently, I wouldn’t be welcome anyway. Money, as always, was part of the problem. The Washington Post and my old newspaper, The New York Times (to name just a few), have found themselves in a cycle of dwindling home delivery, newsstand sales, and display advertisements. CNN and its offspring, like MSNBC and Fox News, battle for sensational headlines over investigative journalism."
Given the existential financial challenges faced by the New York Times in the digital era as explained by Hersh, would anybody be surprised if the newspaper is directly subsidized by the US government? As in money changing hands...
I've always wondered what it would take for a newspaper with the illustrious (although not always accurate) reporting history of the NYT to print stories that are out and out lies...
Hersh writes that Victoria Nuland told Ted Cruz at a Senate hearing: “Like you, I am, and I think the Administration is, very gratified to know that Nord Stream 2 is now, as you like to say, a hunk of metal at the bottom of the sea.”
If Ted Cruz is in bed with the Biden Administration on this, what Republican is going to raise his hand and ask whether Hersh's account is accurate?
Hersh writes of Richard Helms: "He was essentially telling the Senators that he, as head of the CIA, understood that he had been working for the Crown, and not the Constitution."
I have always wondered what James Comey was thinking when he titled his book "A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership." I suppose he was thinking the same thing Richard Helms was.
Someone else is calling this, Biden didn't want to take out Bin Laden. Where's he ever shown this aggressive? I don't think Obama either but someone/thing is. This's "Shitcan the Lot" territory.
Mark Milley went direct to China to undercut Trump.
Pentagon (Mark Milley...surprise surprise) behind this leak, cause they're afraid of war escalation & getting caught with their hands in the cookie jar.
If it walks like a duck...
Question is who on Republican side is going to lead on this?
So how is this not treason? A bunch of pinhead lawyers and totally out of control government types concoct a plan that involves deliberately leaving Congress in the dark and possibly risk drawing the US into a war and it’s somehow ok because of technical loopholes.
I pasted the term 'seymour hersh nordstream' into the search bars on the Washington Post, New York Times and Wall Street Journal's webpages this morning. Zero results.
Hersh writes that Tony Blinken commented after the pipelines were blown up: “It’s a tremendous opportunity to once and for all remove the dependence on Russian energy and thus to take away from Vladimir Putin the weaponization of energy as a means of advancing his imperial designs."
Its interesting that Blinken characterizes a commercial enterprise (the sale of gas) freely conducted by willing parties (the seller and buyer) as the 'weaponization of energy'.
The implications of this statement are beyond description.
Hersh writes in a note explaining his decision to publish on Substack: "I’ve put in my time at the major outlets, but was never at home there. More recently, I wouldn’t be welcome anyway. Money, as always, was part of the problem. The Washington Post and my old newspaper, The New York Times (to name just a few), have found themselves in a cycle of dwindling home delivery, newsstand sales, and display advertisements. CNN and its offspring, like MSNBC and Fox News, battle for sensational headlines over investigative journalism."
Given the existential financial challenges faced by the New York Times in the digital era as explained by Hersh, would anybody be surprised if the newspaper is directly subsidized by the US government? As in money changing hands...
I've always wondered what it would take for a newspaper with the illustrious (although not always accurate) reporting history of the NYT to print stories that are out and out lies...
Hersh writes that Victoria Nuland told Ted Cruz at a Senate hearing: “Like you, I am, and I think the Administration is, very gratified to know that Nord Stream 2 is now, as you like to say, a hunk of metal at the bottom of the sea.”
If Ted Cruz is in bed with the Biden Administration on this, what Republican is going to raise his hand and ask whether Hersh's account is accurate?
Hersh writes of Richard Helms: "He was essentially telling the Senators that he, as head of the CIA, understood that he had been working for the Crown, and not the Constitution."
I have always wondered what James Comey was thinking when he titled his book "A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership." I suppose he was thinking the same thing Richard Helms was.
Hersh writes: "If the attack were traceable to the United States, 'It’s an act of war'.”
Any Law of War-types here want to comment?
Someone else is calling this, Biden didn't want to take out Bin Laden. Where's he ever shown this aggressive? I don't think Obama either but someone/thing is. This's "Shitcan the Lot" territory.
Mark Milley went direct to China to undercut Trump.
Pentagon (Mark Milley...surprise surprise) behind this leak, cause they're afraid of war escalation & getting caught with their hands in the cookie jar.
If it walks like a duck...
Question is who on Republican side is going to lead on this?
https://twitter.com/blackdiammon/status/1623070140303646720
So how is this not treason? A bunch of pinhead lawyers and totally out of control government types concoct a plan that involves deliberately leaving Congress in the dark and possibly risk drawing the US into a war and it’s somehow ok because of technical loopholes.