Vladimir Putin is a war criminal who needs to be arrested, shackled and sent to jail where he would await trial before an international court that will decide whether he has committed crimes against humanity.
The Russian tyrant has ordered bombs, artillery shells and rockets to destroy hospitals in Ukraine. His orders have resulted in the deaths of children, expectant mothers and countless other civilians. Putin has committed “the original war crime” specified by the Geneva Convention of 1864, according to “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley.
Can there be any more reason, therefore, to arrest Vladimir Putin and charge him with the most heinous crime imaginable? I think not!
Ukrainian fighting forces have beaten back the Russian invaders, forcing them to abandon their strategic goal of capturing Kyiv, the capital city of Ukraine. The Russians are retreating at this moment toward the east, possibly to reassemble and seek other targets to attack.
Putin’s attack on Ukraine was thought when it began to focus on military targets. Wow! Many of us were dead wrong about that assumption. The videos we see of the carnage throughout Ukraine are shocking and horrifying in the extreme.
The outrage around the world is mounting as these images make their way into people’s homes.
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That said, allow me this brief segue toward the thoughts expressed by the current U.S. president and his predecessors. Five living former presidents have been watching these crimes unfold along with the rest of the world. Four of them have condemned Putin’s actions with passion and righteous anger. The most recent former president — you know to whom I refer — has talked of Putin’s “genius” and how “savvy” he was to attack Ukraine; moreover, he has asked Putin to dig up dirt on President Biden in the midst of this bloody war.
Vladimir Putin is a war criminal. He must be held accountable for his unspeakable cruelty.