"Time to stand up to the Russians"
"Vladimir Putin is making himself our problem1). There is a difference between persecuting2) political opponents at home and doing so in neighbouring3) states; between presiding over the murder4) of dissidents within your borders and sanctioning their death abroad. The moral distinction may be slight, but the legal5) distinction is vast: the
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(sorry for the late reply I only just found the community)
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"cautious" is hardly a very right words here. the implicit ideological charge of this article is "hate them! become angry! we'll tell you when to attack these bad guys!"
"Thats the price you pay for a free press though I guess."
oh, you mean DT is free in UK? i never knew that...
"(sorry for the late reply I only just found the community)"
no problem :)
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there were no sarcasm in this. i just took the only variable (for me) meaning of the term "free press": you pay directly or you don't do that to get your copy of information. the meaning "non-free press" in term of controlled/censored even didn't come to my mind :)
the press in US, UK and Russia is as similarly free as controlled.
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I was talking more about being cautious of Russia generally rather than that this article is encouraging a cautious attitude. The tone of your OP made it sound like you don't even think we should be investigating the possible assassination of UK citizens on home soil. I would be in favour of an investigation, no matter who the alleged perpetrators.
oh, you mean DT is free in UK? i never knew that...
well I can actually get it free at uni :P But I meant freedom of the press
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