Investigating and prosecuting war crimes is important, but at the moment it’s more important to stop the war! Ditto with pledges to help rebuild Ukraine, important-yes, but not as urgent as to provide weapons. And what if Russia “wins?” Will France et. al. help rebuild Ukraine then? Will it be possible to investigate war crimes then? But the longer this goes on, the less anyone wins.
I wait with interest to see how the G7 participants will twist themselves into pretzels trying to reiterate their support for Ukraine without actually stating that this is a crossroad for Europe and if it lets Putin succeed it is signing its own inability to live up to its "values". TC
Investigating and prosecuting war crimes is important, but at the moment it’s more important to stop the war! Ditto with pledges to help rebuild Ukraine, important-yes, but not as urgent as to provide weapons. And what if Russia “wins?” Will France et. al. help rebuild Ukraine then? Will it be possible to investigate war crimes then? But the longer this goes on, the less anyone wins.
I wait with interest to see how the G7 participants will twist themselves into pretzels trying to reiterate their support for Ukraine without actually stating that this is a crossroad for Europe and if it lets Putin succeed it is signing its own inability to live up to its "values". TC