Musk cut internet to Ukraine’s military as it was attacking Russian fleet

The Washington Post ^ | September 7, 2023 | Christian Davenport

[TigersEye]

Thanks for that link. It’s always good to hear the story from the horse’s mouth.

[SaveFerris]

[ “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 peaceful things, not drone strikes.”]

What kind of crazy talk is this from Elon Musk??? /s

[SaveFerris]

[Musk addressed thus LIE yesterday]

Oh....

[SaveFerris]

[Unlikely that Musk did anything of the sort.]

Agreed. How could he know the timing? Was he monitoring the data feeds and the location?

[SaveFerris]

Maybe you got a reply from a bot. Or perhaps a foreigner that lacks full comprehension of the English language.

[rxh4n1]

Maybe a foreigner, not a bot. The pray for Ukraine daily poster.

[SaveFerris]

Yeah. Actually I saw that post,

[CodeToad]

Thisis very odd since the US military has the communications satellite capability such drones should be using, not Musk.

[MarMema]

Thank you. The WA Compost strikes again.

[Darksheare]

It’s about embroiling corporations into the mess and providing “deniability” and cover for using proxies.
Like providing weapons isn’t the same as opening links to the satellites our military uses.
Really.
Easily done and doesn’t involve civilians in the triple c.

[joma89]

This is why you bring your own capes to a battlefield.

[JonPreston]

It’s about embroiling corporations into the mess

What they attempted is the very definition of fascism. So here we go again; accusing others of what they themselves are doing.

[Darksheare]

Probably also trying to manufacture grounds to charge Musk with something, anything, if he’d gone along with it.
Thus gubbermint could seize twitter and “massage the information” presented.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Can’t trust Isaacson!

[nuconvert]

“Interesting Musk knows when the Uks are attacking.”

According to Musk, the system was down and the U.S. asked him to activate it so that Ukraine could launch the attack. Musk refused.

[Lisbon1940]

Elon got his Isaacson book while still living. Compare that with Franklin, Einstein and Jobs.

[struggle]

Wait until they try to shut down the internet and Starlink still works

[1_Rain_Drop]

Didn’t Musk ask for Ukraine to pay for Starlink? Later he caved... (I’m vaguely recalling the event)

[The Duke]

"What will be the payback?"

It will be the an attack against the US power grid that will kill many millions, and cause the US to descend into something far worse than even Hollywood could image.

[nuconvert]

I think he asked the U.S. govt to pay for Starlink for Ukraine and later said he’d cover it.