Where is Marco Rubio going with his accusations about the apartment block bombings? ( conspiracy )

submitted by flyawayhigh

From the article that @Go1dfish posted earlier:

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio slammed Trump on CBS' "Face the Nation," saying that he shouldn't be honored by the Russian leader.

Putin, Rubio said, has "jailed and murdered journalists, political opponents. He bombed an apartment building as a pretext to attack the Chechens. He is responsible for the downing of the Malaysian airliner over Ukraine, because he provided the antiaircraft weaponry that was used for that."

Most of this is just nonsense, but what about the part about the apartment building ? Looks like that one is true.

The problem is ... People in Russia know. In those days, Putin was not well liked. He appeared to be on his way out. Then, the United States got involved with increased interfering and ... you know what Hermann Goehring said at the Nuremberg trials, right? :)

Did Rubio make a big mistake here? Where is this all going?

Rosenkavalier

Did Rubio make a big mistake here

What do you mean by that?

It sounds like pretty standard propaganda slinging (it can be true).

flyawayhigh

I think that accusing a president of attacking "his own people" so to speak is well beyond the standard propaganda (except under very specific circumstances). :)

Rosenkavalier

Hmm I would actually argue it is rather common, particularly in the US-Russia narrative. Russia's propaganda wing (Russia Today) often supports accusations of false flag attacks in the US. Just because the words are not coming from a politician's mouth does not mean it is not government-sponsored. Likewise, the US consistently used that line of rhetoric against Saddam, and uses it today against Assad. Accusations can be true; it usually is just "whataboutism" and shifting goalposts of arguments.

ElspethTirel

Putin is going against the United States effort in the Middle East.

Putin may or may not be a pawn like everyone else.

Only time will tell.

Also, Rubio is a fucking moron.