[pollyannaish]

You know, for a moment I started to take this seriously.

Then I saw who wrote it. The only thing that would make it crazier is if it was co-written by Jimmah and Pat. And I'm starting to believe it could happen.

[FreedomCalls]

Why would Stalin have Trotsky assassinated? Trotsky himself did it, right? Why would Hitler have Ernst Röhm assassinated? Röhm probably did it himself, right?

[alecqss]

Oh well, Putin is innocent by the virtue of not having, shell we say, a perfect murder...

Then Germany and Japan obviously did not start the WWII - because they lost it. If Osama gets killed, then it will be a sure proof that he did not order 9-11 (why, to cause his own death?!)

Caught bank robbers should be immediately released - their misfortune is a proof that they have nothing to do with the robbery.

Insurance should be declared a scam if insured event did not happen. And so forth. It would be an interesting world to live in; kind of Orwellian 1984 on steroids.

[RusIvan]

Why would the Russian president, at the peak of his popularity, with his regime awash in oil revenue and himself playing a strong hand in world politics, risk a breach with every Western nation by ordering the public murder of a man who was more of a nuisance than a threat to his regime? ==

Very good question. Litvinenko was indeed just near zero nuisance and no threat for Russia. He is more harming for Putin dead then alive.

[Thane_Banquo]

I really hate to agree with Buchanan, but he may be right. Seems to me if Putin wanted this guy dead, he could've simply had him disappear or something.

[rmlew]

The KGB agent Putin is a saint. And Churchill caused the Holocaust. And Buchanan is under medicated. He is rewritting history, poorly, or current political ends. Fine if you are a leftist.