BTRTN: Biden's "Nine Words"... What More Can We Do to Save Ukraine from Putin's Genocide?
Born To Run The Numbers thinks that Joe Biden's "Nine Words" called it right: Vladimir Putin is a savage war criminal, and the world will not be safe as long as he is in charge in Russia. BTRTN has concrete suggestions for what more we can be doing to save Ukraine from Putin's genocide:
http://www.borntorunthenumbers.com/2022/03/btrtn-bidens-nine-words-what-more-can.html
Excerpts: "Biden waited until the second-to-the-last sentence of his 3,500-word speech in Warsaw on Saturday to lower the boom: 'For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power.' A White House spokesman hastened to Joe-splain the President’s comment...
"Hey, Democrats, don’t back-pedal. Your boss was calling it exactly right. An unfathomably ruthless, inhumanly cruel, genocidal thug is solely in charge of a huge portion of the world’s nuclear arsenal. That does not offer the best odds for our survival as a species...
"The United States has been willing to support Ukraine to a point: we are supplying a vast arsenal of munitions and leading a stunning global economic boycott of Russia. But we have publicly stated that we refuse to take steps that will put our military in direct conflict with Russia, risking rapid and massive escalation. Ironically, these short-term goals of the United States are actually being served by the current military stalemate: Putin is not succeeding in conquering Ukraine, but the U.S. has not needed to directly intercede and risk triggering WWIII. The U.S. is helping Ukraine enough so that it is avoiding being conquered by Russia, but not enough to actually drive the invaders out.The...ironic result is that U.S. policy is now unintentionally contributing to elongating the Russian genocide...
"What more could we be doing to end the genocide without triggering World War III? And what more can we do to hasten the end of Putin’s rule? Four suggestions follow..."