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Why is the UK so impotent towards Russia?

Why aren't Brexiters up in arms over Russia killing people (and harming UK citizens) in the UK? Will the UK retaliate at all? Or just say sorry to Russia and forget about it like the last time it happened?

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  • Huh?
    Lv 7
    3 years ago

    We're waiting for evidence this actually was a Russian operation before we start undertaking retaliatory action. Also, after the Provisional IRA campaigns in Britain during the Troubles, we're somewhat inured to political assassinations. The Birmingham pub bombings of 21/11/1974 alone killed 21 and injured 182. Compared to that sort of event, a couple of foreigners being poisoned is not really that big a deal, strange as that may sound to the average American.

  • Kini
    Lv 7
    3 years ago

    Impotent to do what? Russian officials did not order any killings. The father and daughter were poisoned but they are alive. This was planned by British MI6 as part of their anti-Russian craziness or they are complicit in the American anti-Russian campaign. Russian officials who support Mr Putin wouldnt jeopardize his election by trying to kill a former spy and make it a public spectacle. Thats why I know MI6 did it.

  • 3 years ago

    I am from UK and I love Russians do not know what your talking about no Russians are harming us UK citerzen u are watching to much fake news.

  • Jas B
    Lv 7
    3 years ago

    Well here in the UK we like to have proof before we impose sanctions, make threats or start a war. 48% of those who voted were against leaving the EU, though what that has to do with this is beyond me, Russia is not in the EU.

    Just because our leaders do not take to Twitter throwing around insults, accusations and threats, when an investigation has barely started, let alone concluded, it does not mean we will not take action, when we have evidence of exactly who was responsible.

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  • Anonymous
    3 years ago

    As we speak British nuclear submarines are waiting for word from the prime minister to fire their nuclear missiles.

  • 3 years ago

    I predicted 4 years ago that Ukraine or even MI6 would try and frame Russia so they'd have a reason to boycott the 2018 Worldcup in Russia. Do you think the highly trained Russian SVR or FSB could not kill a former Russian spy instead of just putting them in the hospital? This is such an obvious false flag operation to get the west to boycott the World Cup like they did they did in the 2014 Sochi Olympics. The world is not buying it this time.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    3 years ago

    Are you talking about stuff you know about that has been reported and is therefore being investigated by way of action and effort to determine culprits and assign blame where blame is due, which will then be followed by appropriate action?

    Or are you not actually a moron and just making up a story, despite that it makes your conclusions dumb and shows that you don't know how strikingly similar what you are talking about is to actual events going on in Britain????

    You're cover is blown about your low intelligence either way, but I'm guessing you're just a flat moron as per the former of my guesses. I don't think this is an ignorant lucky guess with impossible logic assigned to a fiction.

  • Anonymous
    3 years ago

    The Brits have let the leftists roll right over them and the left looks a lot like Russia.

  • Anonymous
    3 years ago

    And yet Trump has done sheet about Russia hacking into USA election systems / social media attacks to sway Americans.

    I don't know how you folk sleep at night, anymore.

  • Anonymous
    3 years ago

    Everybody seems impotent to Russia except Germany.

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