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> That is not the case here

Are you sure that false-flag attacks always involve a media blitz?

Just thinking that if I were planning a false flag, and I know that people would recognize it as such because of the media blitz, then I'd look for a workaround. That seems consistent with what we have here.




> What’s the point of a false flag if nobody knows about it?

I agree. A false-flag attack is all about optics.

But IIUC the GP, they're saying the SATCOM failure isn't widely known, so it wouldn't make sense as a false-flag attack.

That's where GP loses me. Because we are discussing it here, as members of the general public. And the discussion isn't limited to a small nerdy site like HN; it's also being covered by Reuters [0].

[0] https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/satellite-outage-kno...


What’s the point of a false flag if nobody knows about it?

See GP… the point of a false flag is to drive a narrative. Otherwise you are just damaging yourself for no reason.


Do you have an example of a false flag without a media circus around it?




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