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by ei8htyfi5e 1594 days ago
The national security take on these convoys is General Flynn and the fifth column are trying to reduce NATOs capacity to respond to whatever is going to happen in Ukraine and/or Taiwan. The misinformation networks are trying to amplify these convoy groups in every major NATO country with the dual goal of creating an artificial supply chain crisis, crashing the economy and requiring national security resources to clear the convoys.

Food for thought.

If for instance, that is the plan, how would you as a free nation defend against this? Their ham handed answer is censorship. But this is backfiring. So what do you do? Serious answers only.

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What about that Federal government lifts all COVID restrictions, mask and vaccine mandates? England, Sweden, and Denmark already did that.

That will kneecap this convoy before they can even start.

Again, this is all about politics. Some people are sick of these restrictions and they want to vent their frustration. Facebook is making mistake of not allowing pages like this. I do not think these people are nuts or QAnon. They are just frustrated.

>What about that Federal government lifts all COVID restrictions, mask and vaccine mandates? England, Sweden, and Denmark already did that.

Just look at a comparison of covid hospitalizations and deaths between the US and those countries. Adjusted for population, they're super high in the US. Once those go dow, the covid restrictions will go away. If they were as high as in the US in England, Sweden or Denmark, they wouldn't have lifted the restrictions. It's so simple.

I understand and with this issue, I would side with truckers.

But nothing is ever all about politics.

Hybrid warfare exploits legitimate fault lines.

So to defend against the weaponization of these protests, what do you do? I’m this case, capitulating to the demands may work. But next time? How do you protect against trolls trying to start fights and cause real issues?