UK, US, Canada, France, Germany pledge to disrupt activities of Russia's GRU

[smurfy]

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/sep/06/us-canada-france-and-germany-back-uk-over-novichok-attack

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/russia-gru-salisbury-attack-un-us-france-germany-france-canada-uk-theresa-may-a8525971.html

If a "declaration of cold war" was a thing I guess this is what it might look like?

[cretin]

we pledge to stop the already illegal activity of foreign military operatives in our country by.... uhmm... uhhhhh.. uhhhhh

"suggesting key GRU figures could be targeted with travel bans and asset freezes."

this is a totally pathetic response.

[smurfy]

Theresa May hinted they would be pulling black ops shit against the GRU in her speech to parliament yesterday

We are increasing our understanding of what the GRU is doing in our countries, shining a light on its activities, exposing its methods and sharing them with our allies, just as we have done with Salisbury. While the House will appreciate that I cannot go into details, together with our allies we will deploy the full range of tools from across our national security apparatus to counter the threat posed by the GRU.

[Itsjustguy]

You'd be silly to think they are gonna say what are they gonna in the low.
"Yes, we are gonna arrest this, surveillance this, and this"

[fodderstompf]

It's surprising Trump is actually supporting our allies.

[Dr.C]

I still haven't forgiven GRU for sinking a tanker off the coast of Manhattan in 2007

[Seth2492]

Oh god damnit, I looked that up and everything

[Archangel125]

Even if not quite that level of obvious, what Russia has perpetrated against the US and its western allies is an act of war. Historically the most common and most often accepted Casus Belli has been interference in the private affairs of another country. It's something both the US and Russia have done to weaker nations countless times since WWII, but that Russia's doing it to the US in the 21st century means they're treading very dangerous ground.

Of course, in an age of nukes, declarations of war are more than a little counter-productive. So one can instead count on terrorist groups used as proxies, funded and supported and turned against the hostile state. Or massive psyops campaigns targeting the enemy state, intended to sow unrest and disinformation among its people. Since Russia doesn't have real elections, that sort of thing is less effective there. So good odds that instead of mere economic sanctions, there'll suddenly be a lot more 'terror' attacks in Russia before long.

[AlbertWesker]

I can’t seem to find anything about it, does anyone have a source?

[Archangel125]

It's a reference to Metal Gear Solid. Never actually happened. Google "Manhattan Tanker Incident".