ya that's the thing throughout this article. the language from intelligence still allows for this being the US
"This is quite a substantial revelation! Especially since it directly contradicts Mr. Hersh's reporting. How did you determine this?"
:biden-point: "We just asked the guys we sent to blow it up...uh oh, wait, not again..." :biden-forgor:
'Pro-Ukrainian group' is such an odd way to phrase this lmao. Reminds me of when you get caught in a lie and start getting really semantic trying to dig yourself out of the hole.
That's how they did the whole civil war before 2022. "Pro-Russian separatists" or "Russian-backed rebels" so people would just make the jump and say "Russians did it."
But I thought Putin personally ordered FSB to blow it up because reasons
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"First significant known lead" -- We'll, uh, just ignore that Seymour Hersh piece entirely.