{"id":1294546,"date":"2022-02-13T07:27:23","date_gmt":"2022-02-13T12:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1294546"},"modified":"2022-02-13T12:37:41","modified_gmt":"2022-02-13T17:37:41","slug":"without-presenting-a-shred-of-evidence-jake-tapper-grills-jake-sullivan-over-claims-russia-planned-a-false-flag-op","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/without-presenting-a-shred-of-evidence-jake-tapper-grills-jake-sullivan-over-claims-russia-planned-a-false-flag-op\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Without Presenting A Shred Of Evidence\u2019: Jake Tapper Grills Jake Sullivan Over Claims Russia Planned A False Flag Op"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwithout-presenting-a-shred-of-evidence-jake-tapper-grills-jake-sullivan-over-claims-russia-planned-a-false-flag-op%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1294546&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1149299447-1-2.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>CNN anchor Jake Tapper challenged National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan directly over claims that the Russian government was prepared to launch a false flag operation to justify a subsequent invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Sullivan made a Sunday morning appearance on CNN\u2019s \u201cState of the Union\u201d to discuss the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/tom-cotton-warns-americans-in-ukraine-leave-now-russian-invasion-could-be-matter-of-days\/\">ongoing situation<\/a> between Russia and Ukraine, and Tapper questioned the U.S. government\u2019s claims regarding the possibility of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-u-s-claims-russia-planning-false-flag-operation-in-ukraine-to-provoke-invasion\">false flag operation<\/a>, which he said were made \u201cwithout presenting a shred of evidence\u201d to support them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe\u2019re not putting forward this intelligence to start a war, which has happened in the past. We are putting forward this intelligence to stop a war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 National Sec. Advisor Jake Sullivan on credibility of intelligence about Russian \u201cfalse flag\u201d plan to justify Ukraine attack. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MUMwasWHK1\">pic.twitter.com\/MUMwasWHK1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Recount (@therecount) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/therecount\/status\/1492864475464097800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 13, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Tapper set the stage as he opened the show, saying that for weeks the United States had been warning that a Russian attack on Ukraine was possible \u2014 and perhaps likely \u2013 even as Ukrainian officials begged U.S. officials to dial back the rhetoric and turn down the temperature.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m Jake Tapper in Washington, where the state of our union is bracing for potential war in Europe. The White House warning in stark terms this weekend that Russia is poised to invade Ukraine any day now, a senior administration official saying yesterday that military action that will cause damage is a distinct possibility, as Russian forces with heavy-duty military equipment close in on Ukraine\u2019s borders, President Biden warned Russia\u2019s president Vladimir Putin of \u2018swift and severe costs\u2019 if he chooses to invade. The call did little to convince the White House that Russia will not attack,\u201d Tapper began.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose fears have led the U.S. and a growing list of other nations to urge citizens to leave Ukraine almost immediately as the U.S. evacuates staff at its embassy in Kyiv,\u201d Tapper continued. \u201cPart of the warning is an extraordinary public declaration that they believe Russia may use a false flag operation to justify bombings and missile attacks in Ukraine. That Russia would stage a fake attack on themselves to justify an invasion that could ultimately kill tens of thousands and destabilize key American and European allies in what Biden says would be the largest envision in World War II on that continent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tapper introduced Sullivan then, asking how he expected the situation to play out in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, Jake, we cannot perfectly predict the day, but we have been saying for some time that we are in the window and an invasion could begin, a major military action could begin by Russia in Ukraine any day now,\u201d Sullivan replied, noting that some expected a move toward the finish of the Beijing Olympic Games but a move before the Olympics were over was also a possibility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve been warning about the Russians using a false flag operation to justify invading Ukraine. That\u2019s a strong claim to make without a shred of evidence,\u201d Tapper pressed, noting that unless the federal government was prepared to present credible evidence, the American people were likely to remain skeptical of the claims.<\/p>\n<p>Sullivan pushed back, arguing that people should accept the information as credible in part because the government was putting it forward to stop a war rather than to start one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that fundamentally gives it at the outset a different level of credibility. Secondly, this is consistent with the Russian playbook,\u201d Sullivan continued. \u201cWe have seen them do this before many times. You asked any Russia expert, they will point to examples of where Russia has used false flag operations as pretext to start military action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sullivan concluded by claiming that Russian media was already laying the groundwork for <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/ukraine-president-demands-to-see-intel-on-potential-russian-invasion-only-provoking-panic\/\">just such a pretext<\/a> by issuing warnings that Ukraine was planning to attack Russian forces.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do think the world should be prepared for Russia staging a pretext and then launching a potential military action,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire\u2019s first original film, Shut In, has made its cinematic debut, being met with rave reviews. The Daily Wire is building an alternative to the leftist entertainment industry, one gripping movie at a time. Join us in this mission and stream Shut In today by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe-shutin?utm_campaign=shutin&amp;utm_medium=editorial&amp;utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_content=subscribe_shutin&amp;utm_talent=dailywire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe-shutin?utm_campaign%3Dshutin%26utm_medium%3Deditorial%26utm_source%3Dfacebook%26utm_content%3Dsubscribe_shutin%26utm_talent%3Ddailywire&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1644699149485000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0hSL9sbxEl3fLS6INjonzw\">becoming a Daily Wire member<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN anchor Jake Tapper challenged National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan directly over claims that the Russian government was prepared to launch a false flag operation to justify a subsequent invasion &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1294546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1294546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1294546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1294546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1294546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1294546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1294546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}