The Trench Grift

Now for the canard that the Russians couldn’t have blown up the dam because the flood washed off the trenches they had been digging. This, again, shows a complete misunderstanding of how things work in Russia.

The Russians weren’t building those trenches because they anticipated an infantry attack of Ukrainians from a high bank to a low bank. Nobody in the situation is insane. Ukrainians aren’t insane to attack there and Russians are not insane to expect it.

So why were the trenches built? There are miles and miles of them, going on into the infinity. What was the purpose?

The purpose is the usual. Stealing money. Somebody got a huge contract to fortify, stole 95% of the money, and built something substandard and unusable with the rest. Will that person be upset if the evidenbce of his machinations is washed away? Yes, I’m sure he’ll be heartbroken.

All around Moscow you can see flowerbeds that have cost anywhere up to half a million dollars to install. How can a flower bed cost that much? It’s the same principle as those trenches. Somebody gets an enormous contract for city beautification, steals everything, puts in two flowerbeds, and reports that they cost half a mil each. Anybody likely to ask questions gets a cut of the loot.