Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>I just think <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TheEconomist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheEconomist</span></a> is <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/discrediting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discrediting</span></a> itself by <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/platforming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>platforming</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bullshit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bullshit</span></a> that even 5th graders can callout as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Kindergarten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kindergarten</span></a>-esque <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/mobbing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mobbing</span></a>. </p><p>It's pretty much absurd to do so without seriously interrogating whether the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> regime actually knows the shit it does or whether this is just a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/dismantling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dismantling</span></a> operation by <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AgentKrasnov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgentKrasnov</span></a> to enshure <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> gets what he wants.</p><ul><li>After all, the whole <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> - <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Invasion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Invasion</span></a> timeline would've been perfect if Trump caused a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CivilWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilWar</span></a> in 2020 and thus upend any <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/resolve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resolve</span></a>. </li></ul><p>Tho in the meantime it only resulted in the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> coming closer together and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> finding resolve against <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>, with both <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NATO</span></a> and EU becoming stronger than before...</p><ul><li>Granted the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> already lost it's credibility in 2012 when Putin invaded <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Crimea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crimea</span></a> and the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BudapestMemorandum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BudapestMemorandum</span></a> was violated <em><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/consequences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consequences</span></a>-free</em> instead of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BootsOnTheGround" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BootsOnTheGround</span></a> by the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a> and the current support for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Kyiv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kyiv</span></a> is the absolute bare minimum to avoid the political suicide that are <em>flagged coffins returning home</em> since in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> - unlike the USA - going to war isn't guaranteed to get elected, but rather will tank ratings (as it should be)!</li></ul><p>Again: <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/REFORUSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>REFORUSA</span></a> is an act of self- and mutual defense at this point!</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Sarcasm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sarcasm</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EUpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EUpol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>