Quote (cambovenzi @ 26 Feb 2022 07:04)
Thread aged poorly, but the skepticism was warranted.
wrong. the "skepticism" was only warranted if your sole indicator for the validity and seriousness of a situation is exclusively looking at the poor track record of american "intelligence" services and their penchant for selling war - or even worse, if you live in the trump bubble, uncritically shilling for the russian dictator.
if you were a halfway informed and intelligent person, however, looking at reports and concerns from foreign policy and military experts from all over the world, if you're not completely oblivious to recent history in that very region, and not a total sucker for partisan hackery, unable to form an educated opinion of your own, it was crystal clear that a serious escalation was always a very real possibility.
don't try to legitimise obvious propaganda...
This post was edited by fender on Feb 26 2022 01:05am