• no banana@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Of course it does. Not that it was a false flag necessarily, but it was obvious that an attack like this would be used to increase pressure in the war either way IMO.

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        8 months ago

        Pretty much what I feel about it. It’s still to early to tell what exactly this tragedy is, though I’m not surprised that it’s being used by the Kremlin.

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        8 months ago

        I spent an hour today trying to find a real source for this quote, often misattributed to Churchill. And failed. Found some sources saying it predates Churchill, but no direct references. Seems an adage that is quite old though.

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          8 months ago

          I’ve always heard it attributed (in a slightly different form) to Rahm Emmanuel, e.g. :

          Never let a good crisis go to waste