Comment by dmix

6 days ago

Russian ships got away with doing the anchor drag sabotage multiple times already such as in Norway in 2021 on a remote research station https://youtu.be/pw2lO4sxZn8

There was a NYTimes article that said Russian GRU agency has turned to recruiting petty criminals to do arson and shootings across Europe because most of their spies have been kicked out. And the main side effect is they are sloppy and easy to catch unlike professionals.

Very likely in this case.

It's much easier and cheaper to support criminals and criminal organizations in western countries to sow division and destruction, instead of installing their own networks. Hell, they managed to get criminal elected in USA, for a second time. I wonder when the west stop sleeping and start doing something about it. Or is everyone waiting for real nuke strikes and fallout, like in the Hollywood movies?

  • There is nothing particularly new about today's modern politics. Here is a rant by George Carlin from 1988 about a previous government nearly 40 years ago:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=og9DV0Si8bs

    You can pretty much find-replace terms to closely match what we imagine George would say in 2028.

    So nothing really changes, and the broad general positions of the parties doesn't really change. People just have short memories.