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-> Power outage -> Wild guess that Russia has been doing it, 0 proof or even hint -> "This is a war of agression, we should respond"

Are you suggesting to attack Russia, based on absolute thin air?

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> thin air

Except for the mountain of evil, violent, underhanded and illegal stuff Russia keeps getting caught doing, and has so far escaped scot-free due to Western cowardice?

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No, they were suggesting attacking it based on speculation about this specific event, so yes out of thin air.

I agree that Russia is evil, but saying that it got away with it Scot free is just insane. In fact it even plays into Russian propaganda, to say that nothing really harmed them even after the past 3 years of international sanctions and consequences.

And western cowardice? Apart from nuclear war (which I'm glad people are being "cowardly" about), what do you suggest? It's also funny when war mongers online talk about cowardice. Why dont you go volunteer in Ukraine if you're such a non coward?

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> Apart from nuclear war

> It's also funny when war mongers online talk about cowardice

> Why dont you go volunteer in Ukraine if you're such a non coward?

This is an impressive feat. You've managed to package not one -- not two -- but THREE Russian propaganda talking points into a single paragraph. I believe I've just witnessed the second coming of Alexander Pushkin.

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As much as I am anti-Russia and against the invasion, this is absolutely not the place to start this flame war.
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The thread I answered in had someone playing dumb as if there would be no reason whatsoever to consider Russia a hostile actor, I was responding to that.
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That's not what you said though. And it's still a baseless accusation. It's similar to accusing Israel or the US of every single coup d'état or sabotage action just because they have a huge history of doing that. In both cases it's completely baseless unless there's evidence.
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That's exactly what I said - Russia is a hostile actor that has given plenty of reasons for war, regardless if they're involved in this, which neither me nor anyone else knows.
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War by who? Who do you think should declare war on Russia? And as another comment said, are you volunteering? You can even wage war against Russia now if you want to, volunteers in Ukraine are always welcome.
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> War by who

By the international community of course. The same one that has heavily sanctioned Russia.

> And as another comment said, are you volunteering? You can even wage war against Russia now if you want to, volunteers in Ukraine are always welcome.

That's just a cheap deflection. Me dying in the trenches won't change anything; a coordinated properly aggressive response might teach the war criminals at the Kremlin that they will not be let off. It's just a repeat of Munich/Ethiopia, and no individual at our level can do anything about it but advocate for change in policy to our governments.

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Wasn't the large US/Canada blackout a decade or two ago caused by a tree?

If so, then the question would be if Russia did plant that tree. We should look out for more suspicious trees in our immediate areas.

See some tree squating where it shouldn't? Walnut or Vatnik? You can never be sure...

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Tangentially related, my brain just shot off in that direction, the F35 must be a dream to target then, cyber-wise, for a competent state actor.
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