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14. Are you imagining Putin's "rash" is going to break out here?

Hardly impossible given that whack-job (literally), but I really don't think so, CZ. On those few occasions he has ordered murders in other nations, the victims have been SovUn/Russians he considers betrayed him/Russia.

Taking out distinguished Americans in U.S. government service would be a huge leap. And, notably, almost certainly a fatal one for his ambitions. To put it mildly, the rest of our government--both main parties!--wouldn't like it at all. It'd almost certainly cause a huge backlash among the electorate here, and leaders in many other nations would also be inclined to take it personally for obvious reasons.

Fact is, we are many times more powerful than the piss-ant, impoverished Russia of today and he's already on thin ice--at home and abroad. After all, he's accountable to the oligarchs who allow him to remain in power just as long as it's profitable for them.