Pray tell what other paths do you think there are? Fold and let Europe be enslaved by a certain nuke-equipped Mafia? This is very clearly what we're looking at with this new attack here, and without consistent x10 responses the thugs will keep at it and gnaw more and more. The other paths is send all the diplomats back, neuter the sleepers, repay the attacks in kind.

Well I assumed the sabotage was linked to climate change, not geopolitical issues nor a foreign attack.

Most of the time, climate change activists support trains and therefore would probably not disrupt the network, especially in France.

Somehow I thought it was a way to protest against mass tourism, in this case due to Olympic Games...

So now I'm concerned, do we know who did it and why ?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41077894 cites a source claiming Russian sabotage.

And I recall hearing a month ago or more that Russia would likely try something, because they aren't allowed in the Olympics as Russia, because of the invasion of Ukraine. So they want to mar the Olympics out of saving face, or spite, or revenge, or whatever. (Sorry, I cannot cite a source...)

the incredible damage that western media has done to their citizens is this outsized sense of superiority. russia isn’t la côte d’iviore. you can try a 10x response but i doubt you’ll be here to tell us how it went.

Interesting statement. What is the nature of the superiority that you think you're seeing exactly? Witnessing a Russian youth kicking a downed man in the head was quite revelatory: indeed no one from Côte d'Ivoire would be that much of a savage beast.