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Yes, it's a possible reading of events and makes more sense than Russia bothering with such insignificant targets, if they even have that capability. Escalate

Yes, it's a possible reading of events and makes more sense than Russia bothering with such insignificant targets, if they even have that capability. Escalate the Ukraine war by allowing use of long range missiles to attack Russia, then a bunch of accusations and scaremongering about hybrid warfare and whatever in the press to prime everyone for more. Someone appears to want some decisive progress, or just to turn up the heat in Ukraine, before Trump comes in and tries to freeze it. "I also don’t want to believe that the ships’ anchors caused the damage" Of course you don't. Never waste a crisis.

RajT88 2y ago
You are getting down voted, but we have escalated wars over thinner prospects before.
- jacknews 2y ago
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  - suraci 2y ago
    > But it seems clear to me that ... Many things seem clear to me. One thing that seems clear to me is that many things appear unclear to many people on HN. For example, I didn't see a single comment of "Thank you USA" meme (https://euroweeklynews.com/2022/09/27/why-did-polish-mep-post-thank-you-usa-along-with-image-of-damaged-nord-stream-pipeline/ https://euroweeklynews.com/2022/09/27/why-did-polish-mep-pos...) In the comment section of another article about the situation of the German economy, there were also few mentions of "NordStream" and "Russian gas," which also "seem clear to me." Scenes like these remind me of Bernard's line in West World, "Doesn't look like anything to me."
    - jacknews 2y ago
      I couched it tentatively, but it doesn't just 'seem' clear to me, it's plainly obvious that things are different this week compared to a couple of weeks ago wrt US-Ukraine. And HN are some of the smartest people online, so it can't be that no-one else has had these same ideas. Maybe it's a case of lies so outrageous and in your face that most people can't see them.

RajT88 2y ago

You are getting down voted, but we have escalated wars over thinner prospects before.

jacknews 2y ago
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- suraci 2y ago
  > But it seems clear to me that ... Many things seem clear to me. One thing that seems clear to me is that many things appear unclear to many people on HN. For example, I didn't see a single comment of "Thank you USA" meme (https://euroweeklynews.com/2022/09/27/why-did-polish-mep-post-thank-you-usa-along-with-image-of-damaged-nord-stream-pipeline/ https://euroweeklynews.com/2022/09/27/why-did-polish-mep-pos...) In the comment section of another article about the situation of the German economy, there were also few mentions of "NordStream" and "Russian gas," which also "seem clear to me." Scenes like these remind me of Bernard's line in West World, "Doesn't look like anything to me."
  - jacknews 2y ago
    I couched it tentatively, but it doesn't just 'seem' clear to me, it's plainly obvious that things are different this week compared to a couple of weeks ago wrt US-Ukraine. And HN are some of the smartest people online, so it can't be that no-one else has had these same ideas. Maybe it's a case of lies so outrageous and in your face that most people can't see them.