Ukraine's Zelenskyy calls on UN to remove Russia as member of UN Security Council: that isn't enough

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy: this is how a leader leads

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for the United Nations to remove Russia as a member of the Security Council and thus take away their vote as the fourth day of Putin's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine arrived. This seems like a no-brainer, but we're talking about an organization that is as useless as a roll of toilet paper to an alligator. 

It would make no difference to Putin, who has his mind already made up to rekindle a new Soviet Union.

As you read this, Russian troops have advanced on Ukraine's second largest city, Kharkiv and the fighting is brutal. The Ukrainians are out-manned and out-gunned, as the illustration below shows, but their fighting spirit is high and they have a president who, along with other high officials, are willing to literally fight in the streets.

On Sunday, Putin raised the alert status for nuclear forces to "special regime of combat duty." He ordered the Russian defense minister and chief of the General Staff of the military to install nuclear deterrent forces in a "special regime of combat duty," which signals the possibility of a nuclear war.

"He is right now threatening a nuclear escalation," said former DIA intelligence officer Rebekah Koffler. "This a veiled threat – or maybe such a veiled threat - he just met with his chief of general staff and minister of defense. He is escalating the conflict into the nuclear domain in order to de-escalate – that is topple Kyiv’s regime quickly."

President Zelenskyy announced Sunday morning that the Ukraine government has completed its application to the International Court of Justice and hoped the court would hold Russia totally responsible for the invasion of Ukraine and unmask Russia's propaganda campaign to justify its aggressions toward his country.

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The International Court of Justice pretends to be one of the most powerful courts of international law on the planet and holds jurisdiction over all of its members. It is supposed to be used to arbitrate disputes between non-member nations [in this case Ukraine] when requested to do so, but if anyone thinks Russia would comply with the court's findings, is fooling themself.

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Putin must be stopped and the West must step in and unite to end his regime. The UN is not going to do it, nor are sanctions that avoid cutting off Russia from selling their energy. The only thing a violent dictator understands is strength and that is precisely what we need to show, and if necessary, use.

Suspending Putin as honorary president of the International Judo Federation ain't gonna cut it.

The U.S. could have provided weapons to Ukraine long ago; instead we sold weapons to Saudi Arabia, a country whose human rights history is horrible. What is wrong with this picture?

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