Posted on Jul 9, 2018
UK woman poisoned by same nerve agent as Russian spy dies, police say
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At what point is an assassination - or the collateral damage of an assassination - an attack on the sovereignty of the nation?
Sure, this is just one British citizen killed by Russian chemical weapons - and she wasn't the target. Is that an attack on Britain by Russia?
What if that happened in the US? What if Iran used a chemical weapon to kill an individual target in the US? Would that be an act of war? How many people would have to die for it to be an act of war? Would we be within our rights to invoke Article V of NATO against Iran?
Sure, this is just one British citizen killed by Russian chemical weapons - and she wasn't the target. Is that an attack on Britain by Russia?
What if that happened in the US? What if Iran used a chemical weapon to kill an individual target in the US? Would that be an act of war? How many people would have to die for it to be an act of war? Would we be within our rights to invoke Article V of NATO against Iran?
UK woman poisoned by same nerve agent as Russian spy dies, police say
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MAJ Bryan Zeski It will be interesting to watch the UK's response and of course Putin's denial.
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How could 2 ordinary Brit's get in to something like that in their normal daily travels? I hope the British police can figure that out.
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MAJ Bryan Zeski
SGT (Join to see) Short version: Russia poisoned someone it thought was a spy using a nerve agent that was on some kind of object. This isn't an instantly noticeable agent - so it takes some time to get into someone's system and then kill them. The target of the attack handled something that had nerve agent on it. Then, unknowing that they had been attacked, they just threw that object away. The collateral damage is the people who are victims now.
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Interesting questions sir. I scanned through Article V and didn’t see any specific triggers that would automatically enact retribution. I imagine it is a subjective standard that will depend on the people sitting on council at the time. I would hope they take into consideration not only kills committed, but also proof the subject country is the actual offender… if not the power could be used politically against enemies in a way it wasn’t intended.
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SPC Erich Guenther
The UK has to invoke the NATO treaty first, it does not automatically invoke itself.
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