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2018-03-15 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Russian spy: Moscow 'will expel British diplomats soon'

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Posted by Besoeker 2018-03-15 07:11|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top

#1 What goes around

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-03-15 07:41|| 2018-03-15 07:41|| Front Page Top

#2 Yesterday you were saying the nerve gas attack was stupid.

Now you say "what goes around comes around," as if the UK had done something effective instead of just expelling some pencil-pushers.

Thought for the day: if they torpedoed Nord Stream 2 today noone would know who did it, and it would hurt the European Reich and Putin at the same time.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2018-03-15 13:23|| 2018-03-15 13:23|| Front Page Top

#3 Let do a thought experiment, Thing. Suppose, a week from now, some London Muzzi is whacked with an Uzi. Would you support La May if she decides to expel a bunch of Israeli diplomats?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-03-15 13:40|| 2018-03-15 13:40|| Front Page Top

#4 There are certain things that can befall Vlad and his evil empire which, let me say..... cannot be explained or proven.

Perhaps it is time to stop yapping.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-03-15 13:50|| 2018-03-15 13:50|| Front Page Top

#5 Cold snap could trigger gas supply emergency in UK if Putin orders Russian gas giants turn off taps due to spy scandal

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-03-15 17:17|| 2018-03-15 17:17|| Front Page Top

#6 I dunno, Grom, would you support my expulsion if they were killed with a Mosin Nagant?

An Uzi is probably a lot easier to duplicate than an obscure nerve agent, and besides, it's been sold everywhere from Columbia to the Philipines.

My larger point: if May wanted to do something besides some worthless symbolic gesture, she probably could; the worthless symbolic gesture isn't worthy of Dire Revenge.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2018-03-15 17:25|| 2018-03-15 17:25|| Front Page Top

#7 There used to be certain norms of behavior between countries, Thing. Used to, you didn't make these kinds of accusations - even if you were sure. You just arranged a payback on QT.
Now about being sure.
(i) If Brits can identify the stuff, then they (and anybody else in industrialized world can produce it).
(ii) Former soviet republics (and anybody who bought it from them) have it. To recollect, one former soviet republic, Ukraine, is at war with Russia at present.
(iii) In all detective stories I've ever read - if something is too pat, it's suspicious.

p.s. What's your connection to Mosin Nagant?
The 3-line rifle M1891 (Russian: трёхлинейная винтовка образца 1891 года, tryokhlineynaya vintovka obraztsa 1891 goda), colloquially known as Mosin–Nagant (Russian: Винтовка Мосина, ISO 9: Vintovka Mosina) is a five-shot, bolt-action, internal magazine–fed, military rifle developed from 1882 to 1891, and used by the armed forces of the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union and various other nations. I pegged you as Remington Model 700

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-03-15 17:50|| 2018-03-15 17:50|| Front Page Top

#8 I used to have one, and may again, if I can put my life back together, get on solid ground again.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2018-03-15 20:38|| 2018-03-15 20:38|| Front Page Top

#9 Grom: they're making a lot of noise precisely because a) they aren't going to do anything significant, and b) they and everyone else in the world _knows_ they aren't going to do anything.

For that matter, has Brexit happened yet, or has it been brought 'relatively under control?'

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2018-03-15 20:45|| 2018-03-15 20:45|| Front Page Top

#10 You might also enjoy this link at instapundit:

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With special guest commentary from Wretchard.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2018-03-15 20:47|| 2018-03-15 20:47|| Front Page Top

#11 What a stupid comparison. Uzis were sold on the open market. If the Russians sold their unique nerve gas, they're still culpable for its use; it's a different class of weapon completely.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2018-03-15 21:47|| 2018-03-15 21:47|| Front Page Top

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