World must declare Putin is a terrorist

For one year, the Ukrainian people have suffered unbelievable hardship at the hands of a terrorist. For at least 14 months, the American people have read, listened to and seen countless stories on the world’s reaction.

I am appalled we continue to allow this to go on. And by we, I mean NATO, which could have prevented this. For about two months prior to the Russian invasion we read countless stories saying Russia would invade. We did little. We were told a big reason the invasion would occur is to prevent Ukraine and other nations from joining NATO. All NATO had to do was send about 250,000 troops and the equipment of war to the Ukraine-Russia border and park them there. Russia would not have invaded, the war never would have started — a shot would never have been fired. The world is not going to win this war by throwing money at it. How helpful is pledging arms and ammunition that can’t be delivered until it’s too late?

No, the U.S. is not doing enough. No, NATO is not doing enough. Why hasn’t the world declared Russia and its president Vladimir Putin terrorists? Let’s treat Putin the way we treat other terrorists. The man is probably the biggest threat to the world of all time — he is worse than Adolf Hitler. The man needs to be extinguished.

NATO needs to notify Putin he must withdraw and end this war immediately or the full might of NATO will end the war for him.

We need to remind him, and the Russian people, that NATO has nuclear weapons also.

Real help is ending the war by truly defending remarkable people, not just paying lip service and spending to make others think we did enough.