>> It's a horrible situation! Where is our humanity? Our humanity is and must be placed squarely on the task of stopping the aggressor. Authoritarians, dictat

>> It's a horrible situation! Where is our humanity? Our humanity is and must be placed squarely on the task of stopping the aggressor. Authoritarians, dictators and despots do not stop by themselves. They stop only when they are stopped by external forces. They will ALWAYS try the next available outrage and takeover. Appeasement and de-escalation has been tried, and the only result was yet another nation laid to rubble by Putin. He did not stop after Chechnya. He did not stop after Georgia. He did not stop after Syria. He did not stop after Crimea. He will not stop after Ukraine. When would you have us stop him? When he is bombing Warsaw? Or should we wait for Paris? How about London? Or should we wait until the rockets are falling in Washington DC? When? Nuclear blackmail is still blackmail, and it is a fools game to pay the blackmailer. Moreover, all other authoritarians are watching. If Putin is allowed to succeed in Ukraine, we can be very sure that Xi will go after Taiwan next. This is literally the fight for the free world. If we do not oppose it and stop it cold, it will continue. It is better to die standing than live on your knees (but if you want to live on your knees, I'm sure you'll be welcomed).