Grim Evidence From Bucha

       Sadly, war correspondents have reported on the Russyan army tactics in retreat mode. As historians recall, the Nazis used similar tactics as WW II approached its end: delaying tactics to allow the withdrawal to be accomplished with few casualties and equipment losses. Outside of Kyiv, surrounding suburbs were occupied by attacking Russyan soldiers. As they attempted to reduce the capitol city into submission, they occupied recently abandoned homes and some not abandoned but still occupied by owner/occupants. As the supplies for sustaining combat ops were cutoff, the troops realized a retreat was in order. When the command was given, the Russyans left the scene, but........

       The world now is viewing the same old "tactical" withdrawal, aka the scorched earth. Rule No. 1-take all weapons one can, destroy those that must be left behind, Rule No. 2-leave a covering force of minimal strength, Rule No. 3- set traps for aggressors in the form of booby trap mines as much as possible in familiar settings, bodies of the dead occupants, No. 4-punish the living locals by any method: murder, torture, rape, summary execution to send a message that "we will make life unbearable for you when we return", Rule No. 5-burn everything, including food so as to be unusable to anybody. Thus we have been witness to a stalled invasion; an invasion that planned a quick capture of Kyiv. What happened? The Ukrainian army-that happened. And more sanctions are now coming to cut off the flow of income to the Russyan economy. Starve the Beast is the new international cry; or better: put Putin on trial. Hmmmm. Putin in the docket? How will that fly? Trials in absentia are familiar to most; we know how it works: the defendant is at home watching reruns of Cheers as the evidence is presented to a jury. When convicted, he receives the news and realizes that he's stuck forever in his hovel with his family. Stuck, until he's found and captured and brought before the sentencing tribunal to accept his punishment. That's the future for Putin, Shoigu, Gerasimov, and the other leaders who carried out the orders from the Kremlin. The list is longer, but these 3 names are on top. One could add Peskov too.

       As the reporters continue their work, more evidence will come out that will outrage the world.This is 2022, not 1945. We are better than this. The Kremlin wants to recreate the past, but it's too late for that.