*** Official Politics Shitposting Thread ***

[OngBonga]

This whole idea you can't safely transport a minute quantity of a nerve agent a long distance is just dumb; give it up. All you need is a bottle with a lid on it.

What if the car you're travelling in crashes? What if you fall over? You think the Russians don't consider these kind of possibilities when making plans to transport highly toxic nerve agents around the world?

[Poopadoop]

What if the car you're travelling in crashes? What if you fall over? You think the Russians don't consider these kind of possibilities when making plans to transport highly toxic nerve agents around the world?

What if a meteor falls on your head? What if you have a heart attack on the way to do the deed? What if you get chased by a dog?

I'm pretty these are not high on their list of questions. The list is probably more like:

1. How to do it.
2. How to not get caught in the act.
3. If anything goes wrong, here's a cyanide pill.

[OngBonga]

1. How to do it.
2. How to not get caught in the act.
3. If anything goes wrong, here's a cyanide pill.

So you think that a state sponsored attack on an individual in a foreign country using a highly toxic nerve agent has no consideration for what to do with the agent?

Sorry, you are that dumb. My mistake.

[OngBonga]

And it seems the nerve agent did a pretty good job to me. Spies got away and are safely back home, Skripal lost his daughter, and message was sent to anyone else who wants to fuck with Putin. How would you prefer they do it?

Yulia didn't die.

The nerve agent didn't do a good job, if indeed it was the Russians. Skirpal survived. A British police officer fell ill, and as a consequence of the supposed dumping of the agent, a British woman died. So... fucking disaster, if the intention was to kill Skirpal and Skirpal alone.

[Poopadoop]

Yulia didn't die.

The nerve agent didn't do a good job, if indeed it was the Russians. Skirpal survived. A British police officer fell ill, and as a consequence of the supposed dumping of the agent, a British woman died. So... fucking disaster, if the intention was to kill Skirpal and Skirpal alone.

Message sent. Mission accomplished.

[OngBonga]

Message sent. Mission accomplished.

Have you figured out what the message is yet?

It's something along the lines of "you can never trust us to swap spies again". Now, if you're a Russian spy that's been caught in the UK, do you a) share Russian state secrets in return for your freedom, or b) stay quiet and wait until the British swap you for British spies in Russia?

That REALLY depends on how much faith you have in the integrity of spy-swaps.

It would be a gross mistake for Russia to attack Skirpal. They have never attacked a spy-swap, and they shouldn't ever do so if they want their spies to stay quiet when they get busted.

[Poopadoop]

Have you figured out what the message is yet?

Yes. it's "if we do a spy swap and you get to go free, don't go around giving speeches about how our intel system works. Dumb fuck."

[Poopadoop]

So you think that a state sponsored attack on an individual in a foreign country using a highly toxic nerve agent has no consideration for what to do with the agent?

They did have consideration. They threw it away. Seems a lot safer than either trying to bring it back through Heathrow, or than setting up a lab to try to neutralize it while you're still on enemy soil.

Sorry, you are that dumb. My mistake.

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Nice ad hominen, banana