Europe does not need offshore ‘evil’ to defend against to find an identity or raison detre, unlike the USA, and it, including the UK, knows that.

Oh, my. Any more sweeping generalizations you care to make?

While my passport says I’m American, I don’t recall ever needing an”offshore ‘evil’ to defend against to find an identity or raison detre”. I was always more likely to find my identity in really cool sax solos (an area in which the USA is the acknowledged world leader, so take that, Europe!)

Is there something wrong with me?

There was the case of an East European refugee who was killed with an umbrella armed with a poisoined dart at the height of the US Reagan evil empire paranoia, however, nothing really came of that and this is going to go the same way.

Europe does not need offshore ‘evil’ to defend against to find an identity or raison detre, unlike the USA, and it, including the UK, knows that.

This does not deny that a foul murder has occurred but only that the powers that be will decide it is not worth an international incident unless the UK courts go to the EU Court to force the UK Government’s inaction. My guess is that it won’t happen.

Can we take up a collection to dump a truckload of jellyfish on Reid’s doorstep?

I’m sorry I’m not following the conversation in the thread. I just need to get it out.

Maybe just drop a set of stones, the dems seems to be missing a pair of balls.

Okay, will go off in search of the next thread. You guys get around…

Russian Secret Service Agents to be Indicted in Litvinenko Murder

Since you are still here (kudos for that!) do you have any opinion on the antrax case in the US? did the SA scientist use it to drive up stock prices, or what?

Sorry, I really don’t have an opinion on that one. Domestic matters just aren’t my thing, if you know what I mean! No kudos for me staying up late with you night owls. I’m cheating–I live in Hawaii.

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Suzanne, are you asking about UBL? I realize I risk sounding like a shameless shelf-promoter, but my theory on that one is at the heart of OUTSOURCED.
It’s too complex to explain here and it would be a major spoiler if I did. It’s so much at the heart of the book, I don’t mention this when promoting it. Let’s just say, I’ve picked up some very interesting rumors.

This is the most openly hostile set of conditions we have seen since the “end” of the “Cold War”.

That may be a little extreme. Things were pretty tense a few years ago, when the Russians kicked out all personnel who were even vaguely intel-related from the US Moscow Embassy. This was shortly after the new Embassy building was occupied.

There was a storm of tit-for-tat persona non grata volleys at the time. The atmosphere was mighty prickly for awhile there.