And This is Why Putin Will Never be Warm and Fuzzy [View all]

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The Trumpster has dismissed Putin's KGB/violent background as unimportant or on other occasions has offered a whataboutism excuse:

You think we're so innocent? We kill people, too.

However, the last time I checked we--meaning the US government--were not knocking off journalists doing their jobs, investigating awkward or politically charged material. I have no doubt the Trumpster would have no problem trying his hand at this because he has demonstrated his MiniMe proclivities and has a boy-crush on Vlad. He also hates the press. I think he's quite capable of ordering a kill on an enemy. If he thought he could get away with it, that is. Which is far harder in this country (at least so far) to pull off successfully, particularly when you've totally pissed off your intelligence community.

But in Putin-World, journalists and nay-sayers winding up dead happens at a mysterious, alarming rate. Journalists, dissidents, diplomats and critics of every shape, size and gender have died from gunshots, falls, inexplicable heart attacks and strokes, self-inflicted poisonings or mysterious beatings/assaults. The nature of these unfortunate 'accidents' always have a common denominator: the victims all have a critical eye on the Kremlin and/or possess information that could bury Putin's grand expectations.

Or maybe coincidence hangs around Putin like a bad smell. Poor guy.

Today's headlines of three dead Russian journalists is a case in point. They were in Central Africa putting together a documentary on a mercenary group linked to Putin. The sort of mercenary group that attempted to storm a US installation in Syria, a group Putin has never acknowledged. Because if you don't acknowledge it, it never happened.

The journalists' car was ambushed. All three were shot dead while their driver was left alive. Robbery is being broadcast as the official motive.

So strange though. How these incidents keep bubbling up, only to be tamped down with: Nothing to see here, people. Move long.

Another coinky-dink, I guess. Or not.




https://themoscowtimes.com/news/russian-journalists-killed-central-africa-republic-ambush-reports-62404