Certainly evil & I'm sure smart lawyers could find a war crime peg to hang it. But there would be smart lawyers to defend, too…
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Replying to @ChaseMadar @ChMadar
no doubt--and defense of sitting government has lots of precedents.
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Replying to @natkpowell @ChMadar
but regardless of the existing legal framework, I still think it's important to name and shame.
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Yeah, without a doubt. I just wish media coverage and elite debate were about *more than the atrocities, and addressed strategy–
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Replying to @ChaseMadar @natkpowell
that would mean, from US pov, "what deals can be cut w/ Russia, Iran, Hezbollah, Assad to stop slaughter? At what price?"
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Replying to @ChaseMadar @ChMadar
I think the problem is multifold--we'd have to eg. have a good idea of Russian intentions and internal debates
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Replying to @natkpowell @ChMadar
I'm not Russia expert, but I think conventional wisdom assumptions of Putin's FP are wrong
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Replying to @natkpowell @ChMadar
if we assume Russia is expansionist and looking to reassert its influence in world in face of "weak" West
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Replying to @natkpowell @ChMadar
that calls for a certain policy prescription
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Replying to @natkpowell @ChMadar
but if that's wrong, than the current policy prescriptions of "standing up" to Putin could make things worse
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Replying to @ChaseMadar @ChMadar
it's interesting to read histories of the Cold War in that respect--to grasp Soviet perceptions of US policy.
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