{"id":220894,"date":"2022-10-10T12:00:16","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T11:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=220894"},"modified":"2022-10-04T05:23:53","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T04:23:53","slug":"its-only-a-conspiracy-theory-when-it-accuses-the-us-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2022\/10\/its-only-a-conspiracy-theory-when-it-accuses-the-us-government\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s only a \u2018Conspiracy Theory\u2019 When It Accuses the US Government"},"content":{"rendered":"

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4 Oct 2022 – <\/em>The western political\/media class has been dismissing as \u201cconspiracy theories\u201d all claims that the US is likely responsible for last month\u2019s sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines, even while leveling the exact same accusations against Russia without ever using that term. Which probably says a lot about the way that label has been used over the years, if you think about it.<\/p>\n

At a UN Security Council meeting<\/a> on Friday, US envoy Richard Mills repeatedly accused Russia of promoting \u201cconspiracy theories\u201d in its Nord Stream accusations against the United States, saying that \u201cour Russian colleagues have decided to instrumentalize the Security Council meeting to spread conspiracy theories and disinformation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s important that we use this meeting not to foster conspiracy theories, but to focus our attention on Russia\u2019s blatant violation of the Charter and its crimes in Ukraine,\u201d Mills argues, after saying that \u201cthe United States categorically denies any involvement in this incident\u201d and that there is no justification for \u201cthe Russian delegation raising conspiracy theories and mass disinformation in this Council.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mills then hilariously spends the remainder of his remarks insinuating that it is actually Russia who perpetrated the attacks, mentioning the word \u201cinfrastructure\u201d no less than nine times in his arguments to establish that in Ukraine, Russia has a history of attacking critical civilian infrastructure similar to the pipelines.<\/p>\n

\u201cSabotage of critical infrastructure should be of concern to us all,\u201d Mills says. \u201cIn the context of Russia\u2019s aggression against Ukraine, we have seen numerous Russian attacks damaging civilian infrastructure. We witnessed Russia recklessly seize control of Europe\u2019s largest nuclear power plant, risking a nuclear disaster in Europe. We saw countless attacks destroying civilian electricity infrastructure.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDespite efforts that we heard today to distract us from the truth, to distribute more disinformation and slightly wacky theories, the facts on the ground in Ukraine speak for themselves,\u201d Mills concludes.<\/p>\n

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The sabotage of gas pipelines were a 'warning shot' from Putin to the West, and should brace for more subterfuge, Russia experts warn https:\/\/t.co\/IvH6YmFh4b<\/a><\/p>\n

— Insider Military and Defense (@insidermildef) October 3, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n