[user104658]

There's certainly more to it all than meets the eye Nicky (as there always is), but I don't think it's as clear cut as you're making out, and I don't think we can quite apply the term "innocent" to Putin... whether he ordered this or not .

I personally do agree that the response has been kneejerk though, and I find myself wondering why. The reasoning is "action had to be taken!!"... but that doesn't mean that action had to be taken instantly, the whole thing should have been handled at a slower pace, until "probably"s became "almost definitely"s.