I was under the impression that the US (even its military) funded epidemiological research in just about every country on planet Earth. Ostensibly to protect its own troops against weaponized diseases. It’s not exactly a secret.
What’s interesting to me is the implication that had they subverted some of that research towards offensive ends, that they weren’t smart enough to move it elsewhere. Leaving it sitting right outside the border of Russia seems… I dunno, moronic?
I’m not saying that such a misstep being moronic means that they wouldn’t do it, because sometimes the US military seems to be full of outright bumblefuckery. But still.
Also, pot kettle black black black.
They are doing it in other countries to avoid any controls. And specifically near Russia, because they are trying to develop biological weapons that would target only ethnic Russians. Its also worth noting that u.s. is the only country which does not permit independent checks of its biological labs, so the suspicion is more than warranted.
So, they target the webbed-feet genes that only Russians have? And like, they’re unable to clandestinely take gene samples from Russians living elsewhere and send those Fedex overnight to a more secure geographic location outside of taxi cab range from Moscow?
Suspicion is always warranted, for all players. Especially the US. It should be smart suspicion though.
Hell, I personally suspect the US of dabbling in bioweapons. I’d be surprised if they weren’t. Operating through cutouts, and in secure locations though. The Russian claims are infantile (well, unless they turn out to be true somehow, and the US is dumber than I figured them for… it’s hard to discount). You’ll never go wrong accusing them of cheating, even of brazenly cheating… but to accuse them of doing it stupidly is another thing altogether.
Its not just research in laboratories. There have been reports that dangerous diseases were tested on Ukrainian soldiers, and even released into the wild.
I mean, there could be “reports of” anything, doesn’t mean it’s at all true.
