The Lede blog over at the New York Times reports on the poisoning of German tennis star Tommy Haas, which naturally gets blamed on the Russians with little to no evidence. Seems like a typical media knee-jerk reaction with no grounds.
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I think you are missing the real point here, missing it BIG time.The point isn’t whether Russia actually did poison Haas or not in order to advance in the Davis Cup tournament.The point is whether it WOULD or not. The point is whether Russia has conducted itself in such a way that such charges have credibility.It has. They do.So the question that should be asked is not whether Russia did this, but what it is doing to change its reputation so that charges like this are less credible.And the answer is: Nothing.Instead of viewing situations like this as an opportunity to reform and build credibility, Russians only rationalize, deny and escape. And then they continue taking the outrageous actions that make these charges credible (like obstructing the Litvinenko investigation), or even go further (pulling out of the CFE).And things only get worse in Russia.One can also point out that you have no more basis for dismissing these charges than others do for making them. As such, you’re really helping Russians along with their rationalization and, in my view, that’s not doing them any favors.