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Greenwald seems to be reading into her comment in an unsubstantiated way. I don't think you can call that a "confession." Many countries have "biological resea
by sterlind 5y ago
Greenwald seems to be reading into her comment in an unsubstantiated way. I don't think you can call that a "confession."
Many countries have "biological research facilities." Militaries will, for defense research, but think of all the BSL-3 labs in universities. It's all inherently dual-use stuff.. there's legitimate reasons to study anthrax, but it also makes for a weapon.
What differentiates biological weapons stockpiles from research facilities is scale. Russia had massive amounts of anthrax in its Biopreparat facility. They claimed it was for research, but research doesn't require massive, industrial-scale incubators.
If Ukraine has those, they'll be found. If all Russia finds is a BSL-3 lab with a handful of petri dishes, that's nothing.
- spupe 5y agoYeah, I like Greenwald, but this is just bullshit. Of course Ukraine had some labs containing cholera, anthrax and other pathogens, every country with biology research labs would have them. To jump from that to say it's military research, and US military research to boot, is a huge stretch. That said, this statement from the US State Dept also proves nothing.
- morpheos137 5y agoFactcheck.org says it is false so there's that. https://www.factcheck.org/2022/03/social-media-posts-misrepresent-u-s-ukraine-threat-reduction-program/ https://www.factcheck.org/2022/03/social-media-posts-misrepr...