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		mc32 on July 23, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: UK and US say Russia fired a satellite weapon in s... I don’t think that’s it. This is more for international audiences. For internal distraction they’ll threaten some Caucasus republic or Ukraine.

ceejayoz on July 23, 2020 [–]

Hard to blame economic woes on internal threats; "the Americans are sanctioning/interfering our exports" is a lot easier to sell.

Cuba and North Korea have done this for decades; it works well.

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