Victoria Nuland said yesterday that the US is working on setting up a "judicial mechanism" to prosecute Putin, whom she preemptively declared guilty. Thus confirming that the US is pursuing regime change. If you're throwing Putin in prison, you're changing the regime by force
Also seems like the US dealing a death blow to any potential negotiations. If the US is publicly declaring its intent to remove, prosecute, and imprison Putin, that's effectively a declaration that the war can now only be resolved with the demise of the current Russian government
So it would seem the only options now are unconditional defeat for Ukraine or unconditional defeat for Russia. Because the US is blasting away any conceivable framework wherein some brokered settlement might be agreed among the parties. Ratcheting up the existential stakes to max
Here's the exchange with Victoria Nuland and Rand Paul where she explains the US position on prosecuting Russian officials. She cites Rwanda, Bosnia, and Kosovo as precedents. Seems very tactful to tell Putin he'll be getting the Milosevic treatment unless he obliterates Ukraine
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