[United States / Russia] - The Covert Self Plots Death by Remote Control, Proving the Illusion of a Clean Kill

Event Baseline: The US Department of Justice announced charges against five alleged Russian intelligence agents accused of recruiting a global network to carry out assassinations on behalf of the Kremlin; the suspects remain at large.

The state self hires killers to eliminate enemies it cannot face. It calls this security. It is not. It is the mechanical extension of tribal conflict into the shadows. The hand that pulls the trigger is hidden, but the intent is the same as the warrior on the battlefield.

Both sides do this. Each claims the other is evil. Each sees its own covert killing as necessary defense. That is the fragmentation. The observer does not see that it is the observed. The assassin and the target are the same frightened system, playing out an endless loop of retaliation.

Remote assassination is the ultimate denial of the other's humanity. The killer never sees the body. The self never confronts its own violence. The illusion of a clean kill is the illusion of separation. There is no clean kill. Every death is the death of the whole.