IT WAS AN ACT OF WAR.

Douglas Burton's article at the Free Beacon titled "Putin Tests the West" says that an attack by Russia on U.K soil against a British subject, specifically the nerve gas poisoning of two of its citizens,  is part of a pattern of attacks, and he leads with this sub-headline:  "... Kremlin watchers: Russian poisonings, election meddling require harsh response..."

Granted, Burton is reporting on the facts, and he tells us that "...An uptick in tense U.S. Russia relations saw Moscow expel 60 dimplomats from Russia ... as retaliation for the United States ordering the removal of 60 Russian officials Monday..."

That we know.

He also reports that at least 27 nations have expelled Russian diplomats as well, thus standing in solidarity with the United Kingdom where a nerve gas poisoning nearly claimed the life of a former Russian spy and his daughter March 4.  And he says that for Russia observers who have been urging a tougher stance against the Putin regime, the White House move was long in coming.

We learn that Luke Harding, "a Kremlin specialist with the Guardian newspaper, in a speech to "Kremlin watchers" called PutinCon, called the poisoning what it was: "... a demonstrative attack, really a kind of terrorist attack..."

At that conference, at which "security was tight, and the location of the event was kept undisclosed until hours before it began," a "presenter," a Vladimir Kara-Murza,  related his experience, claiming that "... he survived two assassination attempts by poisoning and went on to continue his advocacy work at Open Russia..."

Mind you, this was a conference, held in secret, sort of, by an agency "created and funded by the Oslo-based Human Rights Foundation.  For those of us not on the "inside" of this matter, the HRF aims to expose the abuses of dictators worldwide.

Burton reminds us of "...the murder of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko in the United Kingdom in November 2006..."  Again he quotes Harding: 

"... The real story is that the Kremlin is sending a message to these agents. We can do this to you and your family ..."

We can presume from the article as Burton details that we have a dictator doing as he pleases internationally, punishing  ex-operatives in the nations which employed them against him, as he paints himself as "under siege by a hostile Western Conspiracy" (as Harding put it).

Putin waltzed into his 19th year of power, Burton says, "... as either president or premier of the Russian Federation on March 18, despite allegations of ballot stuffing..."

Here's the message, I think:  A Russian dictator is going around assassinating or attempting to assassinate operatives that spied on him and his country. He's doing it at will, because he can, and is going to continue to do so, until what?  Someone stops him? 

Burton provides more details, but the telling tale is a quote he provides by Amy Knight, "an American scholar specializing in Russian history."

"...How many more brazen murders will it take before we take steps to prevent Mr. Putin carrying out more of these crimes? ..."

Well, alright already. 

I would be remiss if I submitted my take just a wee bit lopsided, because, if I remember correctly, didn't dictator Obama take out a terrorist with a drone not too long ago?  Did not Obama take political actions via the U.N. and also purposefully meddle in Israel's election to take out (politically) Benjamin Netanyahu?

Now, when it's our side, we don't mind raining holy hell on ISIS terrorists in a foreign land to keep them from attacking us HERE. 

We got a terrorist "rain-on" on September 11, 2001.  We then rained hell on Iraq.  We are still making Afghanistan pay for hosting the Taliban.

Putin did more than poison a few individuals. He invaded Crimea.  He attempted to invade the Ukraine.

In case you hadn't noticed, the NORKS are raining missiles over Japan... as a threat, for now, but nevertheless, the missiles are real.

Just last week missiles were launched against Saudi Arabia from Yemen.  Yesterday Palestinians "marched" against Israel. Israel retaliated.

Let's stop the pushy-footin' around.  It's WAR.  WE are at war.  The world is at war.  I know. You have to get up every morning and go to work.  It LOOKS like business as usual.  It's not. 

You do go about your business, but you do it in spite of being at war.  YOU are in a war in your own country.  A foreign culture has been "genociding" you for generations, as you go about your business, and, as if it's still business as usual.

Just in the past few weeks you have been attacked again. You were told to surrender. You were told to lay your weapons down, give them up, raise up your hands, and give yourselves up.

It is warfare.

When we face it, and call it what it is, we can then handle it by coming up with the correct solutions. Enemies know that it's a war. They need to know that we know that too.


See the Burton article HERE...

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