This kind of thing is always fun. We expel some diplomats who may or may not be spies for someone. They expel an equal number and the world goes back to normal. It happens with some regularity, but we never see it. Mostly. Except in this Obama administration, when to look tough, it becomes public. Then the Russians refuse to bite and we look stupid. So, it turns out to not be so much fun after all.
About the only thing we learned that was new was the vacation homes being operated on the Maryland shore, and in Russia, for diplomats and spies. That was new and interesting. Since when do we allow these people to take vacations? Somebody is really getting loose in their national security oversight.
The other side of this mess is the idea that these expulsions are being done to retaliate against something they knew in June. It loses some of its impact to not take place sooner - maybe before the election. Professing to wait so as not appear to be siding with one candidate after all the campaigning done by the President is a sure sign of hypocrisy. I don't think they can say that with a straight face.
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