Pummel tyrant
ALMOST as disturbing as the sight of Russian tanks rumbling into Ukraine was the speech by Vladimir Putin that preceded it.
Not just for its Orwellian content, in which the Kremlin dictator rewrote history to deny Ukraine’s right to exist independently, but also for its delivery.
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Gone was the cold, calculated master-manipulator. In his place was a rambling, unhinged tyrant, hellbent on a war that could destabilise the entire world.
His actions have, at least, shaken our allies from their stupor. Germany merits credit for belatedly agreeing to yank the drip of Russian gas out of its arm by suspending the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.
But if the leaders of the US, Germany, France and the EU had not previously been so weak, there is a chance Putin’s calculations might have been different.
Even now, the sanctions go nowhere near far enough to deter his land grab.
Boris Johnson and Defence Secretary Ben Wallace have been admirable in their resolve to stand up to Moscow. They must urge our allies to take off the kid gloves on more sanctions — and themselves be ready to go much further than yesterday’s tame opening salvo.
It’s not just Germany who will take an economic hit from facing down Vlad — supply issues mean Brits too will see price rises in petrol, bread and beer.
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But the West must do all it can to slam the brakes on this dictator’s conquest — or risk emboldening him still further.
Even sporting bodies can do their bit to punish Putin, by finally treating Russia as the rogue state it has long been.
Uefa can start by stripping St Petersburg of the Champions League final.
All involved must by now have no doubt: a slap on the paw will not be enough to check the Russian bear’s rampage.
Stop the Corb
SO who’s to blame for Putin’s invasion? If you’re Jeremy Corbyn or his Stop The War coalition of loons, the answer is . . . the UK.
Yes, these deluded patsies have allowed their hatred of their own country to distort reality so far that they find themselves protesting against “the British government’s aggressive posturing”.
Never forget that Keir Starmer spent years campaigning for Red Jez to be PM.
Had he succeeded, it chills us to think what craven signs of “solidarity” a Corbyn government would now be sending Putin.
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