to further justify cutting gas. they get to pretend to be the "victim" this way. "oh, i'd like to help (NOT!), but some meanie destroyed my pipeline..." even if Russia gives up and goes home, they still get to punish Europe for the rest of the winter for defying Vladimir the greats desire to be "Great" again.Or you could just cut them off without blowing anything up, logically speaking. Why would Russia need to disable the pipelines?