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He paused after taking Crimea too. A pause is not stopping. He needs to be stopped. He's already responsible for the most significant war crimes of the century
by grey-area 5y ago
He paused after taking Crimea too. A pause is not stopping. He needs to be stopped. He's already responsible for the most significant war crimes of the century - the razing of Grozny and Aleppo and other cities in Syria and is currently doing the same to Ukraine.
The only thing that gives me hope in this situation are the strong sanctions enacted against Russia, which may result in regime change (but will cause a lot of pain to ordinary people before they do so).
- whiplash451 5y agoI wish that was true, but look at the latest analysis by the Economist. The current sanctions against Russia are similar to those of 2008-2009 and 2014-15, and pale in comparison with the financial crisis of 1998-1999 (if we only look at the rouble-dollar change rate).
- grey-area 5y agoI really don’t think that’s accurate. At no previous time have huge companies like MS and Apple withdrawn from Russia. All trade except a very limited set of commodities has ended. The stock market has been closed for 5 days. The aeroflot fleet is grounded. Much if the reserves of the national bank have been frozen. This is unprecedented and may trigger complete economic collapse.