• Madison420@lemmy.world
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    No they aren’t, Russia wouldn’t have purchased thousands of Iranian drones if they could produce them domestically.

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            No Russia put out propaganda and cnn puts whatever will get clicks and views out regardless of how truthful or well vetted it is.

            Are you seriously going to argue cnn is a credible wholely truthful news source at point? Really?

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              No they aren’t, Russia wouldn’t have purchased thousands of Iranian drones if they could produce them domestically.

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              Russia put out propaganda

              The original link in this post is to an article by the Associated Press (syndicated on a website owned by Bell Canada) and it cites “U.S. and European officials” as its primary source to support the claim made in the headline that Russia is supplying drones to Iran.

              I’m curious: did you call this Russian propaganda after reading only the headline, without actually realizing who is saying what here?

              Correct me if I’m wrong but I suspect that after you read the article and see that Russia in fact denies sending drones to Iran (and says the seven trucks they just sent have food and medical supplies) you’ll probably change your mind and decide that they probably are in fact sending drones.

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                Yes and they’re going by Russian propaganda and surely you aren’t implying us intelligence hasnt ever been wrong, correct? Like I dunno wmds in Iraq, Afghanistan or currently in Iran.

                Of course Russia denys it, the point is to back an ally with the claim they’re helping which makes Russia a credible war target which would involve actual nukes. They’re just stiring the pot and informed people shouldn’t buy their bullshit regardless of whatever political factionism is involved.

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                No they put out wherever gets clicks, it doesn’t particularly matter what it is there’s just less that goes against the regime because they don’t want to get sued by the toddler.

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                  CNN is owned by capitalists, and thus puts out what these capitalists want to be put out. CNN is absolutely biased in their favor.

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                    Capitalists don’t have morals or values. They worship profit and will do literally anything to make an extra dollar. You’d think .ml of all places would understand that much at least.

            • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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              CNN is certainly more credible than a random troll from lemmy.world, and if you spend 5 minutes googling you’ll find plenty of sources about this factory. Your dedication to making a clown of yourself here is truly remarkable.

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              After their spotty coverage in Gaza, how can you possibly believe CNN puts out “whatever will get clicks and views”?

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                    They almost certainly do, Russia getting involved by sending drones helps the current regime. They want scale war and Russia doesn’t give a fuck about Iran outside of munitions production. Let them keep producing munitions and halt exports to Ukraine and that’s a net benefit to Russia, not a loss.