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aaaanoon t1_j9l6tdy wrote

Reply to comment by Vahlir in Dutch intelligence services have warned that Russia is "covertly mapping" key energy infrastructure in the North Sea, in preparation for possible sabotage attacks. by green_flash

Allied coalition sabotage of the pipeline is entirely plausible. Did one reporter even ask about the txt leak?

I'm not saying it happened, but presuming your government wouldn't do it gives them room to do it without question.

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Accurate_Crazy_6251 t1_j9l5myc wrote

Reply to comment by wheretohides in North Korean state media urges rejection of 'poisoned candy' foreign aid despite food shortages | World News | Sky News by rmaccr

No one in power wants it to collapse: Kim Jong-un knows he will go from absolute power to executed for crimes against humanity if he loses China doesn’t want South Korea and this the US on its border South Korea doesn’t want to deal with having to bring millions of people to the present as the money needed would destroy their economy The US doesn’t want to deal with the fighting and economic devastation

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Accurate_Crazy_6251 t1_j9l5fd4 wrote

Reply to comment by HashieKing in North Korean state media urges rejection of 'poisoned candy' foreign aid despite food shortages | World News | Sky News by rmaccr

Because no one wants it to collapse: Kim Jong-un knows he will go from absolute power to executed for crimes against humanity if he loses China doesn’t want South Korea and this the US on its border South Korea doesn’t want to deal with having to bring millions of people to the present as the money needed would destroy their economy The US doesn’t want to deal with the fighting and economic devastation

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GrizzledFart t1_j9kwfdh wrote

Reply to comment by Easy_Iron6269 in Dutch intelligence services have warned that Russia is "covertly mapping" key energy infrastructure in the North Sea, in preparation for possible sabotage attacks. by green_flash

The approach Russia generally takes is to act in ways that give them plausible deniability. Not believable deniability, but plausible deniability. Who was really convinced that the little green men invovled in Crimea in 2014 weren't Russian soldiers? That sort of thing generally makes it politically more difficult to respond because there are always groups of people who fall into one of two categories: blithering idiots, and the willfully blind. Combine those groups of people with the groups that would oppose any sort of reaction even if it was a deliberate and publicly announced act of war and it can be more difficult to react.

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mistaekNot t1_j9kvxr5 wrote

Reply to comment by psioniclizard in Dutch intelligence services have warned that Russia is "covertly mapping" key energy infrastructure in the North Sea, in preparation for possible sabotage attacks. by green_flash

casualties would be massive on the russian side. russia wouldn’t be able to inflict casualties on the nato side, simply because it wouldn’t have the means to do so. russian air force is no match for nato air force, russian anti air would be destroyed either by stealthy planes or nato artillery which is more precise and out ranges the russian artillery. russian tanks would be destroyed from air. there wouldn’t even be much troop on troop engagement as russian equipment would just keep blowing up and they wouldn’t even know how or where the rounds or missiles are coming from. this won’t happen because nukes, but don’t kid yourself that there would be any kind of even matchup between nato/russia military

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Aggressive_Ris t1_j9ktlqe wrote

Reply to North Korean state media urges rejection of 'poisoned candy' foreign aid despite food shortages | World News | Sky News by rmaccr

Usually his father and grandfather would offer concessions for aid, they'd also not go crazy into weapons development but instead just used it as a saber rattle to get the international community to help them out when things got tough.

Fatty Kim the Third however is developing weapons regardless of consequences. Perhaps the time has come to end all aid. I believe that at some point this regime must be allowed to just collapse entirely.

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cymricchen t1_j9ktju9 wrote

Reply to comment by Basquebadboy in Dutch intelligence services have warned that Russia is "covertly mapping" key energy infrastructure in the North Sea, in preparation for possible sabotage attacks. by green_flash

Yeah, I don't see why Norway would want to take the lead in antagonizing Russia too. Too much risk for too little gain. Still, I wish that a proper post could be made and a more through discussion done on why his claims are plausible/implausible. This is what I browse reddit for and I was surprise to find that the post could not be made at all. It would be great if you can post the sources that prove him wrong.

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