• @Rapidcreek
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    -210 months ago

    Dude. If you think you should be able to walk into intelligence agencies and get their information on a particular topic, that’s truly sad.

    • @OccamsTeapot
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      010 months ago

      Source: bro trust me

      Lol what a joke

      • @Rapidcreek
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        -210 months ago

        I don’t think anyone really cares who you trust.

        • @OccamsTeapot
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          610 months ago

          The fact remains that the source for this claim is bro trust me. Nobody should care who I trust. But I’m sure most people can see that “bro trust me” is completely useless. I will believe it when I see evidence

          • @Rapidcreek
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            -310 months ago

            You are not asked to believe it.

            • @OccamsTeapot
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              710 months ago

              Nobody should believe anything because of a “bro trust me” and if you do you have a serious problem. I know nobody cares if I believe it, I am not stupid

              • @Rapidcreek
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                -410 months ago

                Denual is a refuge for weak arguments. Obviously the the countries that control fund8ng are not in denial.

                • ???
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                  10 months ago

                  Bruh, “above our paygrade” is a prime example of denial, deflection, and appeal to authority.

                  • @Rapidcreek
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                    -610 months ago

                    Another way of saying I do not have the information that the various countries have is not denial.

                • @OccamsTeapot
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                  710 months ago

                  Scepticism in the face of a lack of evidence, especially for a claim from one side involved in a war, is not only a good idea but necessary. Would you just believe a Russian claim about Ukranian schools, no questions asked?

                  • @Rapidcreek
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                    -410 months ago

                    You can be a skeptic as much as you want. But, the funding countries aren’t. The UN having already fired personnel aren’t.

            • Deceptichum
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              510 months ago

              Than we won’t support our governments for blindly believing it.

              • @Rapidcreek
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                -610 months ago

                They have the information so they’re not blind. At least not as blind as you.

                • ???
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                  810 months ago

                  So “trust me bro” then?

                  • @assassin_aragorn
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                    Yeah, or about Russia invading Ukraine! Wait.

                    If you look at documents at the time, intelligence agencies said there was a possibility he had WMDs, but there was no conclusive evidence nor assurances.

                    The Bush Administration lied to Congress and said we knew for sure they had them.

                    Edit: It’s good to have healthy skepticism – it hasn’t escaped my notice that the majority of evidence behind this claim is coming from Israel. I don’t think it’s wise to deem it automatically false however, and pulling funding is premature. There should however be a serious internal investigation. And if they already have smoking guns, the UN should release them in the interest of transparency.

                    Apologies for starting out my comment as a bit of a jackass.

                  • @Rapidcreek
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                    -110 months ago

                    Random insult back atcha.