Blame Russia

Blame Russia

We all blame Soviet Russia for the Marconi deaths

The evil empire did its worst

Jealous of our continued success

Fearing our future weapons capability

Paranoid of its impending use against them

So they decided to hit the technicians

Knowing this would hurt weapons development

Or maybe even terminate the programs

And steal our critical advantage

For enemy committed acts of war

25 of our techs dead in less than a decade

It was so 80s and Cold War

With the Soviets and Warpac fearful of losing

Their own techs were good

But limited by a crippling ideology

And poor electronics industry

Twenty five years behind the West

One year for each dead technician

Was that the reason they were murdered?

Rabid paranoid leaders sent in the hitmen

A mix of KGB, Spetsnaz and others

Waging war in Middle England and winning

Not once getting caught doing their deeds

Making some deaths look like suicide

And others resemble tragic accidents

Now thirty years on I ask questions

Why wasn’t anyone caught and jailed?

Why are some of the killers still free and serving Russia?

This time aiding a different master and ideology

Feeling no shame nor guilt about their employment

There were hitmen who killed in England, Italy and Germany

And still do