I'm darkly mirthful that people seem upset that Putin walked into the smoke filled room[1], sat down and lit up a cigar.

Mirthful because except for the polonium and nerve gas[2] everyone else has been playing the same games forever.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoke-filled_room [2] Boorish to use your own people to kill someone instead of hiring it out like civilized men.