Literally. Invade. Ireland. Russia. Invade Ireland. I guess it's a prize country in war - potatoes for ya food lines. "Bloody Russkies INVADING Ireland!- man the hatches and 20,000 fathoms IMMEDIATELY ya skurvy dogs!" [link to Yandex image search for "scurvy russian sailor meme" DEFINITELY not included :D -- ye olde election meddling search engine appears to have replaced "scurvy" with "curvy"] Russia isn’t just mapping Ireland’s internet cables – it’s planning to INVADE, foams Cold-War-revivalist DC think tank https://www.rt.com/op-ed/481326-russia-invading-ireland-internet-communicati... https://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/2020/02/20/russia-ireland-nato/ Russia is poised to invade Ireland and seize control of global communications, according to a crew of Cold War relics and professional Russophobes who’ve taken an already absurd James Bond-esque story and doubled down on it. Ireland’s status as “a vital telecommunications and logistics hub linking North America and Europe” has made it an irresistible prize to “the Putin regime,” according to a bizarre paper published on Wednesday by the Center for Security Policy, a right-wing think tank. Russia isn’t just lusting after Ireland’s burgeoning crop of tech firms, or its forest of undersea communications cables, the group argues – it’s actively plotting to invade the Emerald Isle. Can’t emphasize how ludicrous and insane this is. And it’s all inspired by sensationalist disinformation pushed by British newspaper ‘The Sunday Times’ last weekend. I debunked that bullsh*t story here. https://t.co/ZH7JEcyIVC — Bryan MacDonald (@27khv) February 20, 2020 The unhinged plot apparently derives from a story published last weekend in the Irish Times, which warned – citing the usual anonymous sources in the Garda and the military – that Russian spies were observed last year mapping out the precise location of the transatlantic ocean-bed cables that form the backbone of global communications in preparation for “future tapping or even damage.” While that gripping saga could be deflated with a quick look at one of Ireland’s own government websites, which posts the exact latitude and longitude of those cables for all to see, it clearly lit a fire under the senescent Cold War hawks at the CSP. ...