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My gut feeling is there's no explicit strategy like there was in Italy, but that some of what we see is manufactured or nudged along and that the political and media machines have their uses for it whilst not being directly implicated or involved themselves.
In this particular case, I just see the smear campaign as right wing opportunism. An incident's occurred and they're looking to capitalise on it. I don't think it was planned or that they had any foreknowledge. They're just trying to twist a story to their advantage.
There's obviously levels to this stuff too. The FBI or a local police force could be directly involved in instigating something, but that doesn't mean other areas of law enforcement are aware or that anyone in Washington is or that it's coming 'from the top'.
The other thing to consider is what I was saying earlier about whether someone being, say, a retired federal agent and also being implicated in a terrorist attack has anything to do with the organisation or whether it's simply a case of an individual having their own agenda.
There have been cases where I've been suspicious of something bigger going on though. That alleged plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer in Michigan turning out to be crawling with FBI agents and informants being a prime example. Was that simply a case of law enforcement incentivised to encourage attacks in order to make arrests or was there a wider strategy in place playing on people's fears?
That Oath Keepers leader arrested for his involvement in Jan. 6 claiming to have been in the Navy then the FBI and to have held a top security clearance since the late 70s is another that raised an eyebrow.
In this particular case, I just see the smear campaign as right wing opportunism. An incident's occurred and they're looking to capitalise on it. I don't think it was planned or that they had any foreknowledge. They're just trying to twist a story to their advantage.
There's obviously levels to this stuff too. The FBI or a local police force could be directly involved in instigating something, but that doesn't mean other areas of law enforcement are aware or that anyone in Washington is or that it's coming 'from the top'.
The other thing to consider is what I was saying earlier about whether someone being, say, a retired federal agent and also being implicated in a terrorist attack has anything to do with the organisation or whether it's simply a case of an individual having their own agenda.
There have been cases where I've been suspicious of something bigger going on though. That alleged plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer in Michigan turning out to be crawling with FBI agents and informants being a prime example. Was that simply a case of law enforcement incentivised to encourage attacks in order to make arrests or was there a wider strategy in place playing on people's fears?
That Oath Keepers leader arrested for his involvement in Jan. 6 claiming to have been in the Navy then the FBI and to have held a top security clearance since the late 70s is another that raised an eyebrow.
