Queue up Auld Lang Syne, I think we are seeing signs that Ukraine’s not-so comedic genius is going to hit the skids. One of my loyal readers and supporters (Dave, you know who you are) flagged last night’s Wall Street Journal article for me — A Drunken Evening, a Rented Yacht: The Real Story of the Nord Stream Pipeline Sabotage. You know you are dealing with real “professionals” when you have a group that is mixing a booze blast with high explosives (allegedly).
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Unlike Seymour Hersh’s account of the destruction of Nordstream, which relies on real sources from the US intelligence community, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) piece reeks of bad fiction. It is the Gilligan’s Island in the Baltic Sea. The WSJ article ignores the technical challenges and expertise required to plant explosives in deepwater. This ain’t scuba diving in the Caribbean. I am sticking with Sy’s account of what happened.