Wow, I totally believe that some random Ukrainians rented a small sailboat, filled it with hundreds of pounds of explosives and high tech diving gear, and then managed to plant the explosives hundreds of feet below the surface on the middle of a busy shipping lane. That's definitely what happened.

This is such a bad cover story that the reporters can't even prevent themselves from questioning it. Didn't stop the NYT from running a big headline tho.

  • Sphere [he/him, they/them]
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    2 years ago

    Diving experts say such extended deep dives would have required a decompression chamber for the divers, which would not fit on a yacht.

    Lmao this is so weak

    • Beaver [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      What's even the point of this bullshit, at least the previous story of "Russia did it" was technically feasible.

      • chauncey [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Seems kinda like a means of slowly getting everyone to accept the inevitable (the the US did it).

        Similar to how years after the invasion of Iraq, everyone was in agreement that "well of course there were no WMDs"

      • MaoistLandlord [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Slowly slide the west into “hmm maybe Ukraine bad” mindset in order to withdraw support without losing face

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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        2 years ago

        I think it's a power move to demonstrate the complete futility of truth.

    • invo_rt [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      It's always nice to see Dick Wolff get to loosen up a bit :wolff-shining:

  • companero [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    I still can't get over the fact that Biden openly threatened Nord Stream on live TV and some people are still willing to believe it wasn't the US.

  • nat_turner_overdrive [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    "Hello, Sailboat Rental shop, how can I help you? Yes, we have two fiberglass sailboats with decompression chambers and cranes available for rental this weekend. Would you like to reserve one? For six people? Great! We'll see you tomorrow."

    • emizeko [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      doesn't even have a well deck moon pool / wet porch

      EDIT: used the wrong term, well deck is a different thing

  • shath [comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    just some dudes on a yacht (nothing sexual) damaging critical energy infrastructure without decompression chambers (again nothing sexual)

  • Elon_Musk [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    A chartered yacht!? At this time of day, in this part of the country, localized entirely within your kitchen?

    May I see your anonymous sources?

    • AcidSmiley [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      It gets better: Their sources are anonymous sources from within the US intelligence community.

  • DoubleShot [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    I know the made-up boat was a lot bigger but I'm chuckling to myself thinking about some Ukrainian guys and a thousand+ pounds of explosives all packed into a little Sunfish.

  • Mehrunes_Laser [comrade/them, any]
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    2 years ago

    Oh yeah sure. 6 dudes with thousands of pounds of explosives and specialized diving equipment on that little sailing yacht. The boat is significantly smaller inside than your average 53 foot semi trailer. It tops out at 7 knots. According to the article, it would have taken at least 4 separate dives, each one lasting several hours. All while remaining unseen in an extremely busy shipping corridor.

  • Torenico [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    This is taken straight out of Grand Theft Auto script, you and a bunch of other "gifted geniuses" with absolutely no outside backing are able to do insanely crazy shit... this is the same lmao.

  • TheModerateTankie [any]
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    2 years ago

    Did these "Ukrainians" happen to be employed, trained, and supplied by the US military?

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      2 years ago

      Nope. Just a few lone wolves with training and equipment purchased from anonymous sympathetic non-state actors:epsteingelion:

  • gardenSkink [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    "we need to fund the Taliban against Russia"..."we need to fund ISIS against Russia"..."we need to fund Ukrainian nazis against Russia" HOWS IT GOING, WOKE LIBS?