Putin laughs like a drone

Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump's old mate, really is having a laugh. He is not foolish enough to invade Poland but he is testing out Nato's response to aggression with other less threatening but still cunning ways. Cyber attacks are run-of-the-mill these days but his new venture is to send drones into Polish airspace, supposedly erring ones that should have hit targets in western Ukraine but, oops, went a dozen or so miles into Poland. Clearly it wasn't a mistake but was totally deliberate, part of a Kremlin plan to demonstrate that Moscow can do what the hell it likes when it likes and get away with it. Poland is outraged and warns it is closer to conflict with Russia than since the Second World War. That's political hyperbole but it's the response which will make Putin smile because he knows that the few drones which actually got through defences and caused damage will have scared the life out of the Polish people and put Nato on a jittery alert status. Now there's talk of setting up a Drone Watch defence system, so that no one can be caught out ever again. Why wasn't this in place a long time ago? The truth is, Putin will get away with this infringement of Polish sovereignty like he always does because Nato won't want to escalate the situation too much. Next time it will be double the number of drones and then a cruise missile or two. But still Putin will be the one to laugh. Like a drain but in this case, like a drone. This is Putin's time and unless Trump does something pretty drastic, it will remain Putin's time throughout Trump's second administration. PLEASE BUY MY NEW SPY THRILLER, AGENT REDRUTH, DESCRIBED BY THE DAILY MAIL AS MAKING JAMES BOND LOOK TAME. ORDER FROM AMAZON, BARNES & NOBLE, WATERSTONES, ROWANVALE BOOKS.