Re:More of Kremlin’s Opponents Are Ending Up Dead
by cpncrunch on Monday August 22, 2016 @12:06AM
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Are any of those people in danger of being assassinated by the USA? I think not. Perhaps jailed, yes, but even then there will be a whole raft-load of legal challenges. The difference is that in Russia there is no legal system (at least, not one that you can trust).
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Re:More of Kremlin’s Opponents Are Ending Up Dead
by fuejfndndndnf on Monday August 22, 2016 @01:17AM
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>Are any of those people in danger of being assassinated by the USA? I think not.
What are you talking about? Over half of the people on that list are dead.
Re:More of Kremlin’s Opponents Are Ending Up Dead
by meira on Monday August 22, 2016 @07:53AM
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João Goulart, former Brazilian president ousted by an US plot, was also killed by poison.
Re:More of Kremlin’s Opponents Are Ending Up Dead
by cpncrunch on Monday August 22, 2016 @07:47PM
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>What are you talking about? Over half of the people on that list are dead.
Hastings had a manic episode before he died, which presumably explains the car crash.
Wellstone was being flown by pilots with "below-average flying skills" who stalled in IMC.
Romero was killed by an El Salvador death squad.
So you're left with one foreign dictator, and one foreign socialist politician killed by the CIA. Not quite comparable to murdering your own citizens on home soil simply for disagreeing with you.