Say you will not listen to me because I have always hated Putin, but if you will not listen to Zelenskyy, it's your own conscience you are silencing. This is a great test for us all, not only Ukraine, and right now we are failing it.
https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1503135977514143752
The problem is not Russian forces creating conditions for the West that prevent them from intervening to save Ukraine. It's Western leaders looking for excuses not to stand up to Putin, as they have since 2008.
Western leaders today are weathervanes, not compasses. They follow will of the people, who are affluent & complacent, with no taste for sacrifice or risk. This is only sustainable in an environment with no predators. E.g. the brief moment after the Cold War ended.
Into this world came Putin, hardly a powerful force. Like every dictator, he soon needed enemies domestically and then abroad, and encountered little resistance. Putin is not a shark, but a bottom-feeding fish that grows to the size of his tank.
After 20 years, Putin has grown large & aggressive. The answer is not to let him grow bigger and bolder, but to diminish him. Sanctions help, but too slowly to save Ukraine. Putin is a monster of our creation and we have the responsibility to stop him.
Putin is attempting genocide in plain sight. Allowing him to set the terms of engagement is doomed. Supply air power. Announce humanitarian corridors for supplies & refugees that will be considered under protection. Stop conceding Ukraine to Putin preemptively.
We have come to this point because of fear. Now there is more to be afraid of and the answer is still that we must not be afraid to act. Glory to Ukraine.
https://twitter.com/IKoshiw/status/1503049053210300417
No one will be able to say "we didn't know" this time. The villages are being burned now, not buried. The concentration camps are being built, not demolished. The war you say you don't want is already here.
Yes, escalation is frightening, which is why Putin uses it. Choosing less risk now only to guarantee more risk later is the same flawed calculation that got us to this point. It's cowardice in its favored disguise of prudence.
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