“Keir Giles says it straight:“One of the most obscene & perverse elements is the way in which Russia has been permitted by the global community to wage (its war).” Absurd that 🇷🇺can continue on this path of behaviour unchallenged by anybody but Ukraine.” Nicolas Tenzer on X
by themimeofthemollies
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Obscene, perverse, and outrageous how brilliantly Ukraine fights while the world watches, doing way too little.
From Keir Giles, linked to Tenzer’s OP tweet:
“What would happen if the West stopped playing by Russia’s rules?”
“Russia’s renewed campaign of missile and drone strikes against Ukrainian civilians has begun in earnest. The campaign was long expected — but even so, Ukraine’s Western backers appear to be repeating the same mistakes of last year in responding to it.”
“At the moment there are no downsides for Russia in continuing its attacks on Ukrainian residential areas and critical infrastructure.”
“That’s because the West as a whole, and the US in particular, have decided that they can do nothing to influence Russian choices.”
“The world — and the West — has acquiesced in rules of the game dictated by Moscow, where Russia is afforded safe zones from which it can launch missile attacks against Ukrainian apartment buildings without concern for counter-strikes.”
“That acquiescence argues a failure of imagination and initiative, and a failure to step back and realize how absurd and bizarre it is that Russia can continue on this path of behaviour unchallenged by anybody but Ukraine.”
https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/05/opinions/rethink-west-response-putin-giles/index.html
The entire world must finally intervene decisively: this is a war that can—and must!—be won for the sake of democracy everywhere.
Key takeaway for urgent action to defend freedom everywhere from
Keir Giles:
“There is plenty more the West could do that Moscow would genuinely dislike.”
“That could include promises of greater deliveries of high-profile weapons systems like combat aircraft or long-range missiles; or signaling more serious intent to seize Russian state assets frozen abroad as reparations for the damage done to Ukraine.”
“Linking the prospect of unpleasant outcomes to changes in Russian behavior would provide influence and leverage on Moscow — but this valuable opportunity seems almost never to be taken.”
“As so consistently throughout the conflict, the UK is at least saying the right thing and calling for Ukraine to be enabled to defeat Russia rather than merely survive.”
“Europe too, shocked awake by the threat to US support, now says it aims to ramp up production of weapons to help Ukraine — welcome news, even if long overdue.”
“But that is not a substitute for a much deeper change of mindset on how to deal with Russia.”
https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/05/opinions/rethink-west-response-putin-giles/index.html
Totally agree. Thanks for posting this