Pretty sure most of those comments from new account are just people that don't want their possibly-identifiable main HN account connected with starting flamewar

Pretty sure most of those comments from new account are just people that don't want their possibly-identifiable main HN account connected with starting flamewars and getting downvoted to oblivion. (And nah, HN is a terrible place to hit the minds of people that influence whether their country is sympathetic towards rival superpowers, and Reddit is worse...)