> why did not we do that then? I think this logic is backwards. The question of why the Russians did not kill Skripal back then has no place in establishing wh

> why did not we do that then? I think this logic is backwards. The question of why the Russians did not kill Skripal back then has no place in establishing whether they attempted to kill him now. The question should not be why did they not kill him then, but rather why did they try to do it now (if indeed it was them who did it). As for the information war (aka propaganda), I think that's pretty obvious (only Russia is not an innocent victim here, but also a warring party).