Originally Posted by
MadAmster
It's all political posturing. The chemical in question WAS developed by Russia. They claimed, quite a while back, that they had destroyed all stockpiles. Has someone else developed it too. The UK maybe? Stranger things have happened.
Putin has said "it wasn't me". Show me the proof and we can talk.
After the Iraq WMD claim, I am not surprised he's saying "where's the beef?".
It might be possible to prove that the nerve agent was made in Russia. If we do that then Putin will talk. Putin is using international agreements, signed by the UK, to ask for a portion of the nerve agent found so that they can study/investigate it. Not an unreasonable stance.
The ultimatum ran out 7 hours ago. I have not yet seen the News today so have no idea what Mayhem or the Russians have done so far.
Of one thing I am 100% certain. All this posturing is NOT being done for the benefit of the "ordinary Joe".