So a Public Inquiry has concluded that thon Litvinenko chap was probbers topped on Putin's orders.

[Berni]

Did we need a Public Inquiry to conclude this? I mean it's not as if we're going to do f**k all about it, is it? :shrug:

[Mo Britain less Europe]

[Luis Anaconda]

I want to know snin's take on this

[Berni]

[Classic Jorge]

We dont want to lose all the filthy lucre coming over here for not-at-all-money-laundering purposes.

[Luis Anaconda]

[Berni]

I won't shed any tears for the bloke they offed - just as nasty a piece of work as the people who killed him imo.

No, what I find interesting is that it was absolutely massive overkill. There are plenty of poisons that are certain to work and will bump a chap off very effectively, but using Polonium 210 is absolutely f**king mental. It doesn't kill instantly, which means you have deathbed news conferences, etc, while it leaves a trail that can be traced really, really easily - even down to the nuclear reactor from which it came.

In other words, this killing was either meant to be very public, very brazen and to send a message, or it was done incredibly ham-fistedly. Or it might actually have been a bit of both.

I mean everyone understands that you occasionally have to kill the odd person in the normal course of events, but doing it so obviously and unsubtly really isn't playing the game imo.

[Classic Jorge]

[Berni]

flourish. Like the old 'ricin in the umbrella' trick they pulled with Georgi Markov way back when. They have a theatrical bent, your Russkis.

[redgunamo]

[Berni]

Have these people never heard of the phrase 'plausible deniability'?

[redgunamo]

[Brentwood]

[Berni]

This way, everyone's got to pretend to be outraged for a bit and make a fuss and then do bugger all. It's just making everyone's life more difficult, really.

It's inconsiderate is what it is :nod:

[redgunamo]

[Classic Jorge]