Remember when the US accused Russia of preparing to stage some kind of atrocity propaganda false flag in Ukraine with zero evidence? (www.axios.com)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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And they said we should just accept it on their credibility.

I had the occasion to look this up again, so I thought I should post it for more than the shitlib I got it for (so now it's also for the three of you sorting by new at this hour)

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[-] [email protected] 56 points 2 years ago

When it first hit the news I was talking to a friend who works at US embassies and I cracked a joke about it. He got really offended and insisted he had really good evidence he couldn't share for security reasons that it was real.

A few months later he apologized.

[-] [email protected] 41 points 2 years ago

A few months later he apologized.

How hard did you laugh? I wouldn't have been able to hold back

[-] [email protected] 49 points 2 years ago

Not that hard. He did admit he was wrong after all.

I just found it delightful to have a concrete example of internet shitposts having a better understanding of geopolitics than state department briefings.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

I just found it delightful to have a concrete example of internet shitposts having a better understanding of geopolitics than state department briefings.

chefs-kiss

[-] [email protected] 28 points 2 years ago

insisted he had really good evidence he couldn't share for security reasons

So now we know for sure that anyone who says this is telling a "My uncle works at Nintendo" tier lie. If you cant show us, theres no use bringing it up.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago

Honestly just shocked he admitted to it.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

Trust me bro

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