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leftstreet

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26. sigh

Reply to sarisataka (Reply #25)

Mon Mar 23, 2026, 02:34 PM

22 hrs ago

A false flag operation is a covert act—military, political, or cyber—designed to look like it was committed by another party, deliberately misrepresenting the source to manipulate public opinion, justify conflict, or escape blame

There are many potential parties who may have an assortment of motivations here

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Jewish volunteer ambulances set on fire outside London synagogue in apparent anti-Semitic attack [View all] RandySF Yesterday OP

This message was self-deleted by its author jfz9580m Yesterday #1

Or it's simply that some people hate Jews. RandySF Yesterday #3

I don't think anyone world argue with that jfz9580m Yesterday #4

My apologies jfz9580m 9 hrs ago #38

This message was self-deleted by its author RandySF Yesterday #2

London and Paris are cities with sizable and visible Muslim communities DFW Yesterday #5

What does this have specifically to do with Muslim people? David__77 Yesterday #10

They will immediately get blamed for the attack DFW 23 hrs ago #15

An Islamist Group took credit for the attack JI7 23 hrs ago #18

Netanyahu doesn't care about all the damage he has caused world-wide. Chasstev365 Yesterday #6

Neither do the people who set the fires. RandySF Yesterday #7

Not disagreeing Chasstev365 Yesterday #8

You can't blame Netanyahu for this JI7 23 hrs ago #13

Why is that? AStern 22 hrs ago #28

It's an attempt to excuse the arsonist. RandySF 22 hrs ago #30

This message was self-deleted by its author AStern 21 hrs ago #31

Thank you for bringing that up. RandySF 21 hrs ago #32

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My point RandySF 21 hrs ago #34

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Jewish lives have been at risk from the beginning. RandySF 21 hrs ago #36

What do the people who did this sarisataka Yesterday #9

About the same as the people rushing to "contextualize" it for us Sympthsical 23 hrs ago #11

You cant 't answer that until you know for sure who did it. DFW 23 hrs ago #16

There are plenty of non-Muslim anti-Semites in Europe. RandySF 23 hrs ago #17

For sure, but they usually don't express their sentiments by setting ambulances afire DFW 22 hrs ago #19

If this was a false flag, it was really dumb leftstreet 23 hrs ago #12

What do you mean? RandySF 23 hrs ago #14

Right, of course leftstreet 22 hrs ago #21

There is nothing in the article sarisataka 22 hrs ago #20

Would any article suggest a false flag? leftstreet 22 hrs ago #22

So why do you think Jews sarisataka 22 hrs ago #23

LOL ffs where did I suggest that? n/t leftstreet 22 hrs ago #24

Ok- what did you mean by false flag sarisataka 22 hrs ago #25

sigh leftstreet 22 hrs ago #26

So perhaps one of these "parties" sarisataka 22 hrs ago #27

Absolutely no excuse for this MustLoveBeagles 22 hrs ago #29

Agreed - literally and metaphorically.nt jfz9580m 12 hrs ago #37