The Biden administration continues to suggest that Russia might carry out a “false flag” operation against separatists in eastern Ukraine to justify an invasion. Russia has repeatedly rejected the accusation, and the US has offered no evidence, but that hasn’t stopped Biden officials from making the claim.
In an interview with CBS, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said the US is “watching very carefully” for a false flag.
“We also are watching very carefully for the possibility that there is a pretext or a false flag operation to kick off the Russian action in which Russian intelligence services conduct some kind of attack on Russian proxy forces in eastern Ukraine or on Russian citizens, and then blame it on the Ukrainians,” he said.
On Saturday, The Washington Post cited unnamed US and European officials who said new intelligence suggested Russia was plotting a false flag. But again, the report offered no evidence to back up the claim.
The repeated false flag claims mean the US is poised to blame any escalation in the region on Russia regardless of who is responsible. An escalation of the war in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region is always possible, and the separatists in the Donetsk and Luhansk republics have been warning that Ukraine has been deploying more military hardware near the conflict zone.
A flare-up in the Donbas could be enough to give the US an excuse to end talks with Moscow, impose new sanctions on Russia, and deploy more troops to Eastern Europe.
USS Maddox and the attack that never was in the Gulf of Tonkin .
World Trade Centre 7 and Mohammed Atta’s completely intact passport found in a NY street.
If any government is the master of false flags.
It isn’t the Russians.
Every war is begun with manufactured casas belli.
“The repeated false flag claims mean the US is poised to blame any escalation in the region on Russia regardless of who is responsible.”
Exactly. And as I said before, Russia was the first to warn of a false flag due to the presence of US mercenaries in Ukraine, as well US Special Forces supposedly there as “trainers”, not to mention Islamic jihadists possible from Syria who may have been involved in incidents there. So now we have the situation that both sides accuse each other of preparing a false flag. This means that both sides have essentially decided the war is inevitable.
The US is a master of false flags. In my view, a chemical attack similar to but much larger than the one in Douma in Syria is being planned. A chemical attack is perfect for the following reasons:
1) It can kill a large number of people from a small amount of resources. A false flag in Ukraine needs to kill more than the number in Douma – several hundred or a thousand at least – to be effective in motivating a reaction by the parties. This is not easy with conventional weapons without having to engage in movements which could be observed and countered. For a chemical attack, all you need is a truck parked or moving somewhere out of sight and the right wind conditions.
2) A chemical attack incident can be controlled due to the danger of the chemical residue, allowing investigations to be controlled or prevented, and any incriminating evidence to be sanitized, possibly by military action around the incident by either of the parties.
3) Russia has already been accused of using nerve gas to assassinate people. It would be child’s play to re-cycle those accusations.
4) If the attack is targeted against Ukrainians in the government-controlled areas, the Donbass militia can be blamed, and there will be either a new offensive or a counter-attack which the Donbass militias would have to counter, thus escalating to the point of a Russian response. If the attack is targeted against Donbass residents, the Donbass militia will have to respond, prompting a Ukrainian attack – same result.
5) It doesn’t matter who starts it – Russia will be blamed. The West controls the narrative. Look at the Syrian incident. Despite investigations establishing no evidence of Syrian government involvement, the reports were altered, the whistleblowers were ignored, and the narrative remains that Syria did it.
I expect the false flag to be a chemical attack. It’s the easiest and most effective way to make people respond emotionally and generate a rush to military action.
Let’s not get ahead of ourselves, shall we…?!
Netman: I think it is better to get ahead of ourselves, lining things up in anticipation because you can always backdown and move aside if they do not come to fruition… It seems that we must anticipate on some levels….
It helps to contribute to a state of readiness…
In warfare and politics…. 🙂
It also fits the pattern. Russia — chemical weapons – Syria – Skripals.
No need to be imaginative.
Let’s hope not.
But the hype is intense, so SOMETHING must happen.
Russia better hurry up witn its respinse and next steps. Otherwise, US will insure something happens to drown the whole process,
It looks like US is giving Russia an impression that all the way to Dnyeprr and the coast is not defensible, Kiev does not have to fall but it would be paralized.
Russia clearly knows something – a bigger picture. Let us hope everyone keeps their hair on. Boris Johnson excepted.
“But the hype is intense, so SOMETHING must happen.”
That’s what I keep asking: “What is the US end game if Russia does not invade this week, or this month, or ever?” How long can they keep up this insane level of war hysteria propaganda before it collapses and makes the US look like lunatics (not that they aren’t)?
Someone over at Martyanov’s suggested that, as Pelosi allegedly said, if Russia doesn’t invade, the US will claim that the sanctions threat deterred him. I responded that I don’t think that would fly. Worse, it would mean none of the apparent US agenda would get satisfied: Russia still has its troops positioned, nothing changes on the ground, Nordstream 2 continues, EU still negotiating with Russia behind the US’ back, etc. So how does that count as a win for all the US war hysteria propaganda if nothing changes?
So I agree. Something has to happen. The US just doesn’t throw up its hands and back down. Biden can’t afford that. If all this was just to up Biden’s poll numbers, it’s going to be a loss if he does that.
geez, how many times will the US government PROJECT what they do, on Russia?
The US is well known for employing false flag events to START WARS! It’s not even a secret
So any Russian response to US/Ukraine harassment will be taken as a false flag operation and used to justify sanctions. Russia doesn’t care about sanctions BTW. Europe needs Russia and its petroleum more than they need the West.
I agree. Russia and China may be looking for an excuse to get out of SWIFT,
Suddenly, there is an avalanche of European initiatives showing love to China. EU calls for a meeting. Volkswagen announced intent to build electric cars in China!
All are welcome! But read SCO charter first — all trade and investments are welcome in mutual interest, BUT NEVER WITH INTENT TO HARM OTHERS,
Thus Europe — you are welcome. If any of this newfound love is with the intent to harm Russia — you will be disappointed.
Just a week to despatch that humiliating Press conference to the media memory hole. Thats all it took. Was Ned Price the spokesperson again?
” unnamed US and European officials ” = fake news
US Repeats Claim That US May Conduct ‘False Flag’ to Justify Ukraine Invasion