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In reply to the discussion: Accidents, not Russian sabotage, behind undersea cable damage, officials say [View all]C0RI0LANUS
(3,015 posts)36. Hi SheltieLover. Concur.
In the run-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, there were plenty of pro-war Republicans in the USIC and DOD who ignored allied intelligence that 1) there were no WMDs; 2) there was no Saddam Hussein-Al Qaida connection. I realized that my colleagues drank the GOP Kool-Aid thanks to the MSM and enablers like notorious polemicist Thomas Friedman.

I am sensing the same pattern here to sway the American audience against hostility towards Russia. A few weeks ago some Republicans is a saloon told me that the Russia connections to Trump were all lies, so WaPo seems to be focusing on convincing the unconvinced.
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Accidents, not Russian sabotage, behind undersea cable damage, officials say [View all]
reACTIONary
Jan 2025
OP
they have the satellite tracking of one of the ships that cut the electrical line going to Finland
lapfog_1
Jan 2025
#45
No chance it was an accident. That ship dragged its anchor for miles and miles.
Calista241
Jan 2025
#2
Bull. No names making these assertions. No attribution. It's all "sources." n/t
dobleremolque
Jan 2025
#21
Yet, you automatically believe unattributed sources who agree with your views on things.
paleotn
Jan 2025
#30
Reminds me of the "Call before you dig" adverts in the yellow pages back in the day.
paleotn
Jan 2025
#26