Aaron Mate: "The reason why the US.And its allies have been so opposed to Nordstream for a long time is because, as was recognizedin a 2019 study by the Rand Corporation, which is a US government funded think tank, the Nordstream was very profitable for Russia.And also, if it goes through bringing gas from Russia to Germany and the rest of Europe, that makes Europe and Germany more intertwined, which in turn makes a lot harder to wage a proxy war and impose sanctions on Russia.

And that's why this Rand study said a first step to weakening Russia would be stopping Nordstream too.So the motive is there.And as you've noted, the intent was made very clear in public.But somehow we're supposed to not believe alllogic and all facts and just believe once again that Russia is behind something that is so drastically against its own interest."