Mattis is a fool if he believes this. Russia didn’t poison Skripal. If he doesn’t belive it and is saying this anyway then he is playing chicken with nuclear war as the risk. Is all of DC stark raving mad?
What if it (the dossier) has Russia’s hand on it too?
What if Russia did poison someone (no clue)
I would think the most likely (psyop) strategy for the russkis is to be active on multiple fronts, with fingers in as many pies as possible to sow doubt, discord, confusion. Targeted ads on facebook? Why not? The occasional assassination here and there? Sure. Trolls on FR and any other prominent conservative or liberal site? Go for it.
Makes perfect sense if their goal is to reduce the USA to a state of total dysfunction, where everyone suspects everyone else, and the varying factions are at each other’s metaphorical throats. What better way to take down the imperialist capitalist agreesors, eh?
You prove his point. The intention behind Putin's random acts of KGB Christian kindness: doubt, discord, and an increased hatred for the West, your own civilization. Who needs Muslims when enough Americans and Europeans give up on the West to leech on Kremlin lies.
For the record, it wasn't just Teresa May & co who vouched for this account, but UK patriot Boris Johnson who has since resigned over Brexit fallout. Johnson referred to Putin as a'malign and disruptive force in the world.'