Not sure if that's entirely accurate. Seems like a lot of folks have forsaken the I for the M/E.
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Europe under extreme duress
- Thread starter Randy Daytona
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vxc961
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The “I” in MICE doesn’t mean you have *any* ideology, it means you have an ideology that can be exploited by an adversary.
The ruling party in Georgia, one that leans more towards Russia than the West, won the latest parliamentary election. The opposition disputes the result and observers noted several issues.
Could be talking about the state or the country! Fun times.
vxc961
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Yeah, I was going to say this is bad for us. I can hear it now: “Oh, *our* election was rigged, but you don’t like how Georgia’s turned out so that one was rigged?”
Payback for Nord Stream?
Well, it’s better than the constant “I nuke you!” threats, but it is also a clear escalation. Proxy wars are about to get a lot dirtier.
I’m not sure how escalatory it is. Seems like it could be proportional to the Nord Stream undersea gas pipeline attack. Attibution for Nord Stream has not been established yet, to my knowledge, although Russia’s gas industry was harmed by the pipeline destruction.
Also, attribution for the undersea comms cables severance has not yet been established per that news article.
It's probably worth noting that submarine cables get cut or disrupted frequently. Not saying it's the case here, assuming there's evidence of sabotage that hasn't been made public yet, but it's something that would probably be relatively easy to have plausible deniability on.
It could be just the Russians being themselves, assholes. They don't need an excuse.
The Nord Stream sabotage didn't harm the Russian gas industry, it wasn't used and likely won't be for a long time. IIRC the only reason there was gas in the pipeline was to help maintain it, not for delivery.
I am simply parroting the language of the foreign ministers os France, Britain, Poland, Italy, Spain, and Germany as noted in the article… “Moscow’s escalating hybrid activities against NATO and EU countries are also unprecedented in their variety and scale, creating significant security risks,”
Ships dragging anchors or sinking on top of them, weather, earthquakes, etc.
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