(#4785) It is difficult to see a world with putin in it

      Whatever the outcome on the putin attack of Ukraine the idea that putin will somehow resume his station in life going forward is ludicrous. He is a pariah for what he has already done and nothing he does going forward will erase that. He has sanctioned the murder of innocent civilians so that he can satisfy his own lust for land and power. There will be so safe harbor for him anywhere, and that includes Russia. If putin does survive and lives on this planet in the future it will likely be in a prison. There will be nowhere he can go to keep his freedom after what he has done not only to Ukraine but to other past atrocities that are now out in the open.
     So our goal in all of this is to neutralize the power that putin has and begin to rebuild Ukraine and Russia with full expediency. However it happens that putin is removed from power at this point is moot with me. Whether it is a coup or something as effective, putin must be stopped now before we get to a point where we are not only just talking about thousands of deaths. I liken putin now to a wounded animal who is infected with a rabies like mentality. The idea of logical understanding to stop is not in his current strategy. Nor I suspect his long term strategy. Unless we in the world are prepared to face an inevitable extinction level event we have to find a way to force putin from power.
     I know that negotiations are ongoing by several well meaning agents yet the reality of putin being civilized about an end game for his murderous invasion is wishful thinking. In ordinary times a chaotic ruler would find logic to undo his worst. But putin is not a fan of logic, he is a fan of himself and his own personal drive to accomplish without safeguards to his attempt. Which means that as he scrambles about in this latest boxed canyon he has tripped into all desperate options for leaving the boxed canyon are at his disposal. I don't know the protocols for putin's ability to launch an all out nuclear attack but I suspect that he has that power. I hope I am wrong and that he would have to convince other high ranking Russians to join him in starting the worst human catastrophe our planet has ever experienced.