> Do you know what the Russian defense was? It was the "who would benefit" argument. > Whatboutism. Thank you. I am sorry, but this is not a whataboutism (a l

> Do you know what the Russian defense was? It was the "who would benefit" argument. > Whatboutism. Thank you. I am sorry, but this is not a whataboutism (a logical fallacy so widespread that it is treated at length in Wikipedia). It is an illustration of the weakness of the _cui bono_ argument.