This obsession over not suggesting regime change borders on the insane...
It's as though people seem to think (or want to think) it will be okay (and preferable) for everything to go back to the way things were before the Russian invasion and occupation of Ukraine. It's as though people just want to look the other way.
It's like watching an actor storm the stage to slap a comedian who told a joke he decided he didn't like, cuss him out from his seat in front of a worldwide audience, and then a few minutes later the studio audience gives the aggressor a standing ovation amidst applause as they shower him with an award as though nothing prior happened.
STOP looking the other way. STOP thinking things will go back to normal. And STOP thinking if only we don't upset violent people then maybe they will just leave us alone. It didn't stop Jeffrey Epstein. It didn't stop Harvey Weinstein. It didn't stop Bill Cosby. It didn't stop Idi Amin. And it won't stop Putin. The jury is still out on Will Smith. Putin needs to be removed.
It's like watching an actor storm the stage to slap a comedian who told a joke he decided he didn't like, cuss him out from his seat in front of a worldwide audience, and then a few minutes later the studio audience gives the aggressor a standing ovation amidst applause as they shower him with an award as though nothing prior happened.
STOP looking the other way. STOP thinking things will go back to normal. And STOP thinking if only we don't upset violent people then maybe they will just leave us alone. It didn't stop Jeffrey Epstein. It didn't stop Harvey Weinstein. It didn't stop Bill Cosby. It didn't stop Idi Amin. And it won't stop Putin. The jury is still out on Will Smith. Putin needs to be removed.