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India's spies infiltrated West long before Canada's murder claim
(www.reuters.com)
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It's sort of a "no shit" situation. Allies spy on each other all the time, it's expected. And when one country's spies get sloppy enough, there is a political kerfuffle, diplomats are expelled for a bit, politicians get to make speeches about hew they are "protecting the nation" and then everything goes back to normal. At some level, this is actually a good thing, as it keeps nations more honest with one another and allows nations to better understand each other's aims and actions, reducing the likelihood of a misunderstanding leading to war.
And then one nation uses it's intelligence services to murder someone. This is a much bigger problem. It puts the host nation in a bad political situation where it's populous wants more than the usual political speeches. The populous wants accountability from the leaders of the attacking nation, which will never actually happen. So, the host nation's government is stuck trying to "do something" while not actually doing anything. And, of course, the attacking nation's government is stuck having to deny everything, no matter how obvious the link. For nations with a strong diplomatic bond, the most it does is generate negative news until the majority of the people forget the whole thing. For nations with a weaker political bond, it might result in some damage to trade. But in the end, most, if not all, of the fallout from this will just be strongly worded letters. All of which will be promptly filed under "trash" by the recipient nation. Nothing of substance will actually happen.
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