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CAPTURE THE FLAG
The idea of the false flag attack has been a staple of the Conspirasphere for more or less ever. Equally, in the eyes of the mainstream media, false flags are, well, false from the start. So it was something of a surprise to see major US media outlets speculate on the possibility that the Russians were planning precisely such a non-existent gambit in Ukraine.
The sabre-rattling contest that has gone on around Ukraine (almost exclusively in the West, it has to be said) has provided a space for all kinds of exotic theorising. Not conspiracy