Spoonz Red E
Very well known Exeweb poster
If Putin is manoeuvred out of the picture - great.
If power is taken up by the same bunch of goons who have allowed him to build an autocratic power system over the last several years - not so great.
It it happens - let's see what happens with Navalny and the independent (as far as it goes) Russian media.
Let's see how 70 years of increasing state propaganda can be unwound.
There needs to be a sea-change in the Russian political system.
There also needs to be a sea-change in interactive global trade and politics.
It's fine casting Putin as the Devil but we need to face up to a situation whereby the most powerful democracies on Earth, despite the lessons of history and in particular two global wars, have participated in a move towards a situation where the only way to defend democracy is to stand on the sidelines and throw massive amounts of arm at the situation.
If we have a United Nations - make it workable.
Don't let it be hamstrung by a mechanism subject to the vetoes and vagaries of so-called 'security' partners.
If there is an agreement on basic human rights and a global trade and supply network make membership of the latter conditional on maintaining the former.
Wiil there be movement to repair or a return to the status quo post Ukraine?
Answers on a postcard (hopefully a 'Wish You Were Here' one).
If power is taken up by the same bunch of goons who have allowed him to build an autocratic power system over the last several years - not so great.
It it happens - let's see what happens with Navalny and the independent (as far as it goes) Russian media.
Let's see how 70 years of increasing state propaganda can be unwound.
There needs to be a sea-change in the Russian political system.
There also needs to be a sea-change in interactive global trade and politics.
It's fine casting Putin as the Devil but we need to face up to a situation whereby the most powerful democracies on Earth, despite the lessons of history and in particular two global wars, have participated in a move towards a situation where the only way to defend democracy is to stand on the sidelines and throw massive amounts of arm at the situation.
If we have a United Nations - make it workable.
Don't let it be hamstrung by a mechanism subject to the vetoes and vagaries of so-called 'security' partners.
If there is an agreement on basic human rights and a global trade and supply network make membership of the latter conditional on maintaining the former.
Wiil there be movement to repair or a return to the status quo post Ukraine?
Answers on a postcard (hopefully a 'Wish You Were Here' one).