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by azangru 3289 days ago
> Do you know what the Russian defense was? It was the "who would benefit" argument.

> Whatboutism. Thank you.

I am sorry, but this is not a whataboutism (a logical fallacy so widespread that it is treated at length in Wikipedia). It is an illustration of the weakness of the _cui bono_ argument.