Russian Embassy in USA @benjaminwittes
Yup. Point is, it sounds ridiculous for Putin to send saboteurs to Ukraine to create a pretext for him to launch a major military operation. But plausibility to you is not the point. This is one way that dictators start war. And Putin doesn't care if you think it makes sense. — PolitiTweet.org
toomas hendrik ilves @IlvesToomas
@benjaminwittes And the USSR did the same attacking its own border town of Mainila in 1939 as well for a casus bell… https://t.co/wdmf8MYfda