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Thoughtful_Mouse t1_iyb1hys wrote

Reply to comment by MeatsimPD in Antiwar Activists Who Flee Russia Find Detention, Not Freedom, in the U.S. by ThisIsNotCorn

These refugees are not poorly educated. You didn't read the article.

History is replete with examples of spies leaking through borders as refugees or disguised as travelers from nearby countries. This is a ploy so old and so ubiquitous throughout history it almost defies reasonable discussion.

It's an appealing strategy exactly because of the low resource investment required.

You think a country that will spend millions on counter-intelligence and bribes won't spend two bodies on a cheap shot like this?

It is absolutely worth scrutinizing people from hostile nations attempting to immigrate. Don't be a twit.

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MeatsimPD t1_iybb3fv wrote

> History is replete with examples of spies leaking through borders as refugees or disguised as travelers from nearby countries. This is a ploy so old and so ubiquitous throughout history it almost defies reasonable discussion.

It certainly defied your ability to provide an example

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Thoughtful_Mouse t1_iybdmal wrote

I mean, there are examples in Herodotus' account of the Greco-Persian war...

... so since the beginning of recorded western history.

This is like asking me to cite examples of why 2 and 2 are 4. You're just being petty and argumentative, and I'm done here.

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