Posted on 10/25/2018 4:41:32 AM PDT by golux
A false flag is a covert operation designed to deceive; the deception creates the appearance of a particular party, group, or nation being responsible for some activity, disguising the actual source of responsibility.
The term "false flag" originally referred to pirate ships that flew flags of countries as a disguise to prevent their victims from fleeing or preparing for battle. Sometimes the flag would remain and the blame for the attack be laid incorrectly on another country.
The term today extends beyond naval encounters to include countries that organize attacks on themselves and make the attacks appear to be by enemy nations or terrorists, thus giving the nation that was supposedly attacked a pretext for domestic repression and foreign military aggression.
Operations carried out during peacetime by civilian organizations, as well as covert government agencies, can (by extension) also be called false flag operations if they seek to hide the real organization behind an operation.
If a couple of these bombs had gone off - or even one - I would not immediately go to false flag. But since none of them have, the logical conclusion here is that this is a leftist, or leftist group, doing this. And it IS there MO. The stories are legion - putting up a noose and saying racists did it. Painting the n word on your own building and saying racists did it. Destroying a bumper sticker on your own car and saying conservatives did it, etc.
This smacks of the left.
If you were doing a false flag domestic terrorist operation just before an election for maxiumum effect (without actually killing one of your own, so not THAT ‘maxiumum’) what would you do?
Bombs to as many on the enemy’s enemy, not just one so it looks like a random one-off
Make it late before the election for largest possible media furvor and largest political impact
Make it late before the election a so that evidence and a suspect are not out yet poking holes and adding question to motive
Don’t actually hurt or kill your side, because well, your trying to win elections, not kill your representatives
I don’t see a serious bomb maker going 0-9.
It wouldn’t surprise me if one of the Antifa types thought they could outsmart everyone with fake bombs.
But I believe we have to wait for the facts to unfold. It shouldn’t take law enforcement long to find out who sent these — nine so far. This should be easy for them.
That points the finger right back at the Democrats.
Given that no bombs have gone off and (it is said) were not designed to go off, it can be concluded that their purpose was to be useful for the liberal media and its lackeys, the Democrats.
The real bottom line here is that, since the midterms are still 2 weeks away, this matter will be a distant memory on election day.
The fake bomb gambit is totally a false flag operation. The objective is to take control of the media narrative, smear the Donald and negate his “jobs not mobs” slogan that was scoring direct hits.
I bet some left wing professor with connections to Antifa dreamed this up. A bonus would be if Bill Ayers is the culprit. He is a big fan of terrorist bombings.
“Don’t actually hurt or kill your side, because well, your trying to win elections, not kill your representatives”
Based on what I’ve observed in liberals, they’d have no problem sacrificing a few from their side if they thought it would create a win. As it is, the bombs look like something Willy E. Coyote would cobble together from parts bought off eAcme.com. And, like in The Roadrunner, it looks as if they have gone off humorously in the builder’s Facebook.
a. We do not know who did this.
b. The FBI is not, however, going to start figuring this out by looking at “Democrats” or at “Republicans”. They’re going to examine physical forensic evidence and try to figure it out that way.
c. I suggest we all wait until they have done that before we follow our biases into a dumb place.
Brett Kimberlin
The FBI is corrupt and could be behind this, or out sourced this psyops. Don’t look past the CIA or MI6 either.
Regarding the bombing, lots of kneejerk responses yesterday to what are obviously hoaxes. First, the media took lots of pictures, they obviously were not afraid. And the Soros one. The guy that received it, reportedly picked it up, walked it out to the trees, then called police. He, too, knew it was fake.
Everyone saw an opportunity, whether false flag or otherwise, to capitalize on their TDS hate of Trump. They should be embarrassed this morning.
And make no mistake, whoever sent these fake bombs needs to be found. Next time they might not be so fake.
You need to apologize to Wile E Coyote...at least his bombs explode!
I still expect we’ll find out that the FBI, ATF, or one of the alphabet agencies were aware, may even have been indirectly or directly involved. They seem to be present at too many things like this. Maybe they can claim success in these being fake?
I agree. Let people like Cuomo go out on a limb.
“Everything about socialism is sham and affectation.” - 23.11; Ch23 Evil; Economic Harmonies; Frederic Bastiat (1801-1850)
“My first thought was that the bombs came from a Republican. Then I learned the bombs don’t work.” - Scott Adams
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