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"Complicit In A Major Act Of Conflict Escalation" - Musk Denies CNN's Inflammatory War-Meddling Accusations
"Complicit In A Major Act Of Conflict Escalation" - Musk Denies CNN's Inflammatory War-Meddling Accusations
Since Elon Musk has apparently become Donald Trump - in that any lie/twist/gaslighting will do to further the narrative, no matter how false it is known to be - last night saw the mainstream media overwhelmed with circle-jerk-justified accusations that Musk meddled in the Ukraine-Russia war to stop a Zelenskyy-driven offensive (that likely would have turned the war and hailed victory ticker-tape parades up and down Kiev's streets).
Ok, admittedly that last bit was out hyperbole; but given a quick read of headlines from CNN and NBC, we could be forgiven for this view.
Elon Musk secretly ordered his engineers to turn off his company’s Starlink satellite communications network near the Crimean coast last year to disrupt a Ukrainian sneak attack on the Russian naval fleet, according to an excerpt adapted from Walter Isaacson’s new biography of the eccentric billionaire titled “Elon Musk.”
As Ukrainian submarine drones strapped with explosives approached the Russian fleet, they “lost connectivity and washed ashore harmlessly,” Isaacson writes.
NBC led with the following headline: Ukraine is furious with Elon Musk for thwarting an attack on Russia's navy
Tech billionaire https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/civil-rights-groups-attacked-elon-musk-are-mounting-counteroffensive-rcna103579
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According to https://edition.cnn.com/2023/09/07/politics/elon-musk-biography-walter-isaacson-ukraine-starlink/index.html
over Russian-occupied Crimea last year in order to prevent a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s naval fleet.
Elon Musk last year secretly ordered SpaceX engineers to switch off the Starlink satellite communications network near the Crimean coast in order to thwart a Ukrainian surprise attack on Russia’s naval fleet, according to Walter Isaacson’s upcoming Musk biography. https://t.co/uPto8hm1pW
The mainstream media did not have to look too far to find someone willing to denigrate Musk:
Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, blasted the tech billionaire on X, formerly Twitter, which Musk owns.
“Sometimes a mistake is much more than just a mistake,” Podolyak wrote.
“By not allowing Ukrainian drones to destroy part of the Russian military (!) fleet via #Starlink interference, @elonmusk allowed this fleet to fire Kalibr missiles at Ukrainian cities,” he added.
“As a result, civilians, children are being killed,” Podolyak said.
“This is the price of a cocktail of ignorance and big ego. However, the question still remains: why do some people so desperately want to defend war criminals and their desire to commit murder? And do they now realize that they are committing evil and encouraging evil?”
Isaacson quotes Musk at the time as questioning “How am I in this war?”
“Starlink was not meant to be involved in wars. It was so people can watch Netflix and chill and get online for school and do good peaceful things, not drone strikes.”
Couple quick questions - how would Musk know - pre-emptively - of the attack, and choose to disable Starlink? Is his intel better than Putin's; better than the CIA's?
The spin here is utterly mind-blowing.
In fact, according to Musk - who responded to the accusations on X, the details are the exact opposite to how CNN described them...
In fact, Musk NEVER turned Starlink on in those controversial border zones - for exactly this reason, as he feared using this technology near borders could prompt an escalation in the war.
The Starlink regions in question were not activated. SpaceX did not deactivate anything.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1699913329261813809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
In fact, Musk did not 'turn Starlink off' but refused to 'turn Starlink on' for Ukraine's offensive.
There was an emergency request from government authorities to activate Starlink all the way to Sevastopol.
The obvious intent being to sink most of the Russian fleet at anchor.
If I had agreed to their request, then SpaceX would be explicitly complicit in a major act of war and…
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1699917639043404146?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Which makes more sense to you - the richest man in the world unilaterally switching off internet access to pre-emptively thwart a secret attack by Ukraine on Russia? Or the CEO of a major communications company refusing to enable his technology to escalate a war that could well lead to armageddon?
Both sides should agree to a truce.
Every day that passes, more Ukrainian and Russian youth die to gain and lose small pieces of land, with borders barely changing. This is not worth their lives.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1699915839850586299?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
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Fri, 09/08/2023 - 08:42
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/complicit-major-act-conflict-escalation-musk-denies-cnns-inflammatory-war-meddling
"Complicit In A Major Act Of Conflict Escalation" - Musk Denies CNN's Inflammatory War-Meddling Accusations
Since Elon Musk has apparently become Donald Trump - in that any lie/twist/gaslighting will do to further the narrative, no matter how false it is known to be - last night saw the mainstream media overwhelmed with circle-jerk-justified accusations that Musk meddled in the Ukraine-Russia war to stop a Zelenskyy-driven offensive (that likely would have turned the war and hailed victory ticker-tape parades up and down Kiev's streets).
Ok, admittedly that last bit was out hyperbole; but given a quick read of headlines from CNN and NBC, we could be forgiven for this view.
Elon Musk secretly ordered his engineers to turn off his company’s Starlink satellite communications network near the Crimean coast last year to disrupt a Ukrainian sneak attack on the Russian naval fleet, according to an excerpt adapted from Walter Isaacson’s new biography of the eccentric billionaire titled “Elon Musk.”
As Ukrainian submarine drones strapped with explosives approached the Russian fleet, they “lost connectivity and washed ashore harmlessly,” Isaacson writes.
NBC led with the following headline: Ukraine is furious with Elon Musk for thwarting an attack on Russia's navy
Tech billionaire https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/civil-rights-groups-attacked-elon-musk-are-mounting-counteroffensive-rcna103579
.
According to https://edition.cnn.com/2023/09/07/politics/elon-musk-biography-walter-isaacson-ukraine-starlink/index.html
over Russian-occupied Crimea last year in order to prevent a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s naval fleet.
Elon Musk last year secretly ordered SpaceX engineers to switch off the Starlink satellite communications network near the Crimean coast in order to thwart a Ukrainian surprise attack on Russia’s naval fleet, according to Walter Isaacson’s upcoming Musk biography. https://t.co/uPto8hm1pW
The mainstream media did not have to look too far to find someone willing to denigrate Musk:
Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, blasted the tech billionaire on X, formerly Twitter, which Musk owns.
“Sometimes a mistake is much more than just a mistake,” Podolyak wrote.
“By not allowing Ukrainian drones to destroy part of the Russian military (!) fleet via #Starlink interference, @elonmusk allowed this fleet to fire Kalibr missiles at Ukrainian cities,” he added.
“As a result, civilians, children are being killed,” Podolyak said.
“This is the price of a cocktail of ignorance and big ego. However, the question still remains: why do some people so desperately want to defend war criminals and their desire to commit murder? And do they now realize that they are committing evil and encouraging evil?”
Isaacson quotes Musk at the time as questioning “How am I in this war?”
“Starlink was not meant to be involved in wars. It was so people can watch Netflix and chill and get online for school and do good peaceful things, not drone strikes.”
Couple quick questions - how would Musk know - pre-emptively - of the attack, and choose to disable Starlink? Is his intel better than Putin's; better than the CIA's?
The spin here is utterly mind-blowing.
In fact, according to Musk - who responded to the accusations on X, the details are the exact opposite to how CNN described them...
In fact, Musk NEVER turned Starlink on in those controversial border zones - for exactly this reason, as he feared using this technology near borders could prompt an escalation in the war.
The Starlink regions in question were not activated. SpaceX did not deactivate anything.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1699913329261813809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
In fact, Musk did not 'turn Starlink off' but refused to 'turn Starlink on' for Ukraine's offensive.
There was an emergency request from government authorities to activate Starlink all the way to Sevastopol.
The obvious intent being to sink most of the Russian fleet at anchor.
If I had agreed to their request, then SpaceX would be explicitly complicit in a major act of war and…
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1699917639043404146?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Which makes more sense to you - the richest man in the world unilaterally switching off internet access to pre-emptively thwart a secret attack by Ukraine on Russia? Or the CEO of a major communications company refusing to enable his technology to escalate a war that could well lead to armageddon?
Both sides should agree to a truce.
Every day that passes, more Ukrainian and Russian youth die to gain and lose small pieces of land, with borders barely changing. This is not worth their lives.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1699915839850586299?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://cms.zerohedge.com/users/tyler-durden
Fri, 09/08/2023 - 08:42
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/complicit-major-act-conflict-escalation-musk-denies-cnns-inflammatory-war-meddling