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Pro:
Pro:
* Biden wished NS2 to be ''dead''. An inactivation doesn't count as such. A literal destruction would have been needed.
* Biden wished NS2 to be ''dead''. An inactivation doesn't count as such. A literal destruction would have been needed.
* With NS2's destruction Germany is even more depending on LNG fracking gas. (This is usually a CT argument.)
* This ''destroyed'' the inner-German discussions of using NS2 for good.
* With the destruction of NS1 and NS2 Germany is even more certainly depending on LNG fracking gas. (This is usually a CT argument.)
* Pure speculation: After Russia's nuclear threatening the destruction of the pipelines could be a sign to Moskau to no further escalate or else pipelines for China and India will be damaged.
* Pure speculation: After Russia's nuclear threatening the destruction of the pipelines could be a sign to Moskau to no further escalate or else pipelines for China and India will be damaged.


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Neutral:
Neutral:
* The detection of chemical traces from explosives proves nothing. It could have been a false-flag attack.
* The detection of chemical traces from explosives proves nothing. It could have been a false-flag attack. (This can only be a first step.)


Pro:  
Pro:
* The gas prices went up.
* Distraction from the referendum in the occupation territories.
* The fossile age is about to end. In the meantime Germany will basically rely on non-Russian sources. Therefore the Russian conclusion might be that the pipelines became negligible.
* Suspicious: The Russians were not really upset / surprised when the pipelines blew up.
* Suspicious: The Russians were not really upset / surprised when the pipelines blew up.
* The gas prices went up.
* Pure speculation: This is a threatening against Europe. Other pipelines could be destroyed.  


Contra:
Contra:
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