This is a full, forceful laundry list of all that could/should be done to shorten the bloody war, and I agree on all points. However, I would add this: upgrade anti-Putin propaganda from the U.S. (Radio Liberty, e.g.) and amplify it so that it reaches the broad Russian Federation public. One of Putin's major advantages and weapons is his dictatorship itself, which smothers out a Russian public discourse--on any topic. So he can look bigger than he is (to himself, to the West, to Ukraine, and mainly to his own people). To amplify and deepen his grasp on power by a great information campaign would seriously weaken his hold and hasten the arrival of some kind of change (temporarily perhaps even toward the right). My sources, limited as they are, tell me that the Russian public, especially the intelligentsia, is fed up and growing desperate for the nightmare to end. Thanks for this post.
This is a full, forceful laundry list of all that could/should be done to shorten the bloody war, and I agree on all points. However, I would add this: upgrade anti-Putin propaganda from the U.S. (Radio Liberty, e.g.) and amplify it so that it reaches the broad Russian Federation public. One of Putin's major advantages and weapons is his dictatorship itself, which smothers out a Russian public discourse--on any topic. So he can look bigger than he is (to himself, to the West, to Ukraine, and mainly to his own people). To amplify and deepen his grasp on power by a great information campaign would seriously weaken his hold and hasten the arrival of some kind of change (temporarily perhaps even toward the right). My sources, limited as they are, tell me that the Russian public, especially the intelligentsia, is fed up and growing desperate for the nightmare to end. Thanks for this post.
Thank you. And yes, agreed with all these points!