by Eric Zuesse, Strategic Culture:
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Attacking Russia’s natural wealth and civilian infrastructure is another step toward the abyss.
The explosions disrupting the Nord Stream pipelines this week might have been caused by an accidental blow-out. For months now, the undersea pipelines have been hampered by maintenance delays or made to lie idle due to Western economic sanctions imposed on Russia.
Given the immense physical pressures bearing down on the 1,222-kilometer infrastructure lying on the seabed of the Baltic, it is possible that an accident was waiting to happen, for which nevertheless the United States and its NATO allies can be held culpable owing to their obstinate blockade on the normal functioning of the Nord Stream facility.
President Trump is openly warning about the possibility of nuclear war with Russia over Ukraine. Trump has offered to negotiate a peace deal, but no one is taking him up on his offer. Instead, the U.S. Congress has approved a fresh $12 billion to keep it all going. There are zero peace talks going on now, and Biden and NATO do not want them. They want war, and it’s only a matter of time with the latest 
