This is the article I am talking about.
Every circumstantial evidence and common sense argument would suggest that the US was to gain the most from this attack. But deranged liberals of all ranks, from mainstream “journalists” to the rabid NATO defenders of lemmy.ml, tried to gaslight you into thinking that at best the jury was still out on who did it and at worst accused Russia for doing it even though they stood to lose the most because of the outcome.
We all have biases. I am not trying to say that a “bias” is necessarily “wrong”. Biases can be very helpful - perhaps even necessary to stay sane. Imagine trying to live a perfectly un-biased life!
What is important is to be aware of our own biases - and also to think of how the biases of the “other side” will manifest themselves.
In this case, you have said:
And I take this to mean that this article will once and for all settle the question of who was responsible. But using a secret source is not going to be enough to settle the question - those biased in favor of the US will claim that the source is a lie, some of those without much of a vested interest either way might think "Alright, great story, but what’s the evidence? "
Answering this question is going to require a lot more than “Someone told me. Trust me. I won a Pulitzer”.
Answering this question is not going to require anything. As far as I am concerned it has already been answered. The President of the US has already said in front of cameras that the empire that he is part of will end the NordStream pipelines if they needed to which is what they ended up doing. This is the kind of stuff that is being overlooked by the deranged liberals that I mentioned.
This is not a question that required being put to bed in the first place. In the mind of every sane person not brainwashed with settler-colonial propaganda the burden of proof of innocence lies on the empire which is known to commit covert acts of wars like the one in question. I am sure that the smol bean intelligence agencies that can almost overthrow governments at will and assassinate their own president can furnish proof of their innocence if they have it. As I said neither I nor this forum is a court of law. My mind is made up due to the enormity of circumstantial evidences and it will be changed only when I am presented hard evidence against the contrary.
Ok, that’s fair. I understand.