(#4809) The putin genocide of Ukrainians

      The civilized world cannot continue to stand by and watch as putin extinguishes life in Ukraine through war crimes. The inhumanity and psychotic actions are abominable and cannot go on without a response now. To fail to respond due to fear is a shameful blight upon us who are in position to stop the madness from continuing. I know we have treaties and agreements that stipulate our behavior under rules of process. Yet we are a moral and ethical species. We, at times of extraordinary circumstances, must act out of our honorable humanity and not be constrained by rules that for the most part work to protect us. What is happening in Ukraine is an example where the rules are not enough!
     What we are witnessing today with video of dead civilians on the streets of Bucha, and elsewhere in Ukraine are examples of why we must now do the deed of stopping putin beyond what our treaties and agreements stipulate. The threat of putin using nuclear weapons is always upon us so not acting is letting putin have his way as long as he threatens. Eventually we will have to answer his threat with a threat of our own backed by action. Either now, when the damage can be limited, or later after the damage has been exponentially harmful. It is upon us now in the west to decide to be the best of humanity and stop the inhumanity of putin!
     I would rather live and die in courage than live in shame and eventually die anyway. That is the choice we as a species must make. The end of the bully putin must be our number one priority as there is no other option for letting putin continue to exist. He will be victorious if we give into anything he has waged genocide on Ukrainians to accomplish. Nothing should be ceded to putin and as so many Ukrainians have already died protecting, the relenting of our resistance disregards and disrespects those who have already sacrificed to keep Ukraine free. If we don't back putin and his oligarchs down from their brinksmanship then we are the patsies in this scenario while Ukrainians continue to show us what courage looks like.