I found it strange that one of the very first official statements made about the incident made it clear that the US Government was going to fund the rebuild (implying: instead of insurance companies as you’d expect).

I assumed it was either an oversimplification (ie Government pays upfront and seeks restitution after the fact) or an outright lie for political gain but that article suggests it’s for much darker reasons: to prevent private investigations. I’m not fully convinced but it’s an interesting angle.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-says-federal-government-will-fund-baltimore-bridge-rebuild-2024-03-26/

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An article I just read also voiced similar suspicions about the lack of an investigation:

> Note the lack of “Russia did it!” coming from the US. Note now the FBI came out immediately, with no investigation, and said this was an accident, not an act of war, which it most likely was.

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> The question then is, “who committed the act?” We will never find out the truth to this but our prime suspect has to be the one who has the motive to get the US to go “on tilt” and move into position to defend Ukraine openly.

https://tomluongo.me/2024/03/29/asymmetric-response-and-the-perp-walk-to-world-war-iii/