Potted Plants United wrote:Princess Rainbow Sparkles wrote:I understood PPU’s point to be that bad actors can always drum up a false flag attack so they can “retaliate”. The point they were making is not that the Russians were engaging in a pre-emptive strike to prevent incoming aggression from the Fins. The point is that if we’re excluding pre-emptive strikes on the basis that bad faith actions would exploit them to start wars without proper justification, then we should assume the bad actors will also drum up “legal” retaliatory excuses for their wars. (I think, PPU correct me if I’m wrong here).
OOC: You got it right. I didn't explain my point clearly. Glad you were awake enough to do so. XD
It is much easier to say "Devonia is about to invade us!!!!" than putting in the effort to do an entire false flag attack to "retaliate".