And the next line says: " Yet, Mooney said the pattern associated with the cable fault events that have occurred in the Baltic Sea in the past 15 months makes it unlikely that none of them were intentional."
This sounds like a situation where even if it is deliberate enemy action the appropriate thing to do is ask them to stop. Maybe invite the Chinese diplomats in, tell them to stop, then expel the embassy for a week and then allocate some extra budget to cable repairs.
If we're talking about - and I quote the article - a "sabotage campaign aimed at destabilising Nato allies" then it'd look more like the Nord Stream explosions; big showy events where the US looks so suspicious that we can almost dismiss their involvement because that'd be too obvious. Random cable cutting is a bit too weird in that it doesn't sound like it achieves anything and seems too subtle an attack to have a motive.
I'd bet a significant fraction of my net worth that Europeans will embrace Russian energy after the war.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/24/eu-spends-more...
Isn't this comparing government spending to consumer spending? Because that energy is paid for by the population at the end the line directly.
It singlehandedly and instantly removed a major blocker to European support for Ukraine, at an uncertain time.
Throwing away diplomats for a week, not sure what that would cause, probably 'meh' and continuing if the effort is intentional. Its not like diplomats actually make any serious decisions, they just parrot official policies.
https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/how-america-took-out-the...
I find it more credible that these were the actors involved. Biden wanted to end a future link between Germany and Russia. In Germany there is significant segment of the population that is distrustful of the US (even before the recent Trump shenanigans) and the potential stronger infrastructure ties to Russia. I find it more credible than a ragtag group of Ukrainians did it personally.
Although the truth may never be known.
Edit: for clarity
"85% of Americans and 77% of Germans see the relationship between their countries as good. This is consistent with recent years, though prior to President Joe Biden’s election in 2020, German views of the relationship were much more negative."
It was as high as 82% positive in 2022. During Trump's first term it was much lower but Trump is an outlier.
https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2023/11/27/u-s-germany-re...
Do you moonlight as a strategist for the Democratic party?
I'm certain they do, however, have folks who dictate policy so they don't lose any donations from certain large foreign orgs.
They obviously do; they're the folks who, after a few weeks flatfooted, got the Harris campaign to drop stuff that was resonating like the "weird" thing in exchange for "we've got the Cheneys on our side!"
Both were like watching Asimov try and write an emotional speech. People != robots.
I mean, I sure wish they had some good ones.
AOC is the future, IMO, if we do, indeed, have a future.
It isn't China though its Russia, it was Chinese company that owned the ship but it was a Russian captain and it had just left Russia.
LOL. This is hilarious. Its kind of like someone who has never experienced gang warfare stepping into an inner city turf asking opposite sides to take their grievance to cops.