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Actually... so, the giant elephant in the room: this works just fine if it was done by US and/or allies. It is even a quite valid geopolitic strategic move - t
by rtwrtwer54 4y ago
Actually...
so, the giant elephant in the room: this works just fine if it was done by US and/or allies. It is even a quite valid geopolitic strategic move - tough a bit crude, but hey this is war -, even risking the EU to discover it.
But then, the russians are the only other ones that actually know they didn't dit it. Hence, an automatic license to answer was granted. They know the other side won't answer to their answer, because of escalation to kinetic or worse, nuclear.
So, one possible, even the most feasible to be done without serious risk of escalation, would be to just go and sever some transatlantic cables. It's all the way international waters, it's accesible for underwater cover ops, it's not like messing with a nuclear reactor inside a state-nation, or cyber-trashing someones mainland infrastructure.
So, if the russians didn't did it, they have now some "credit" to spend. You can just wonder where and when they will do this.
- lostlogin 4y agoAt this point (and probably every other one too) I don’t think Russia can be considered one thing that acts in the country’s be interest. Between Putin, the oligarchs, the army and the other factions I have missed, there are a lot of motivations and we don’t see them.