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> I think it's worth examining who would be doing that fabrication and what they would have to gain

Sure. Russia and geopolitical destabilization

> who is making the counter-claim and what they would have to gain from that

This part doesn't make sense to me - the accused party naturally is the one making the "counter-claim", and naturally they will make "counter assertions" without evidence - how do you disprove an unfalsifiable claim?

I overall don't think your comments really align. "The US has done bad things in the past" doesn't mean "all accusations of bad things pointed at the US should be treated with credibility and have to be disproved with an ironclad case by the US to not garner further suspicion"