Putin has lost the war for one simple reason: he never had a cause to start it in the first place – and everyone knows it.

What he is doing might have worked 50 years ago – when the skies weren’t monitored by non-military GPS. When we didn’t have social media showing us the people we already knew and loved in Ukraine being murdered. We can plainly see what he is doing.

We knew he was coming weeks in advance. The US took away any shred of surprise he might have had – if he indeed had any, as he parked 100k+ troops right on Ukraines doorstep for a month. We saw the Ukrainians good-faith destroyed.

What Putin needs is help thinking as his brain seems rotten. Here’s some help I offer:

• “We have to de-nazify Ukraine.” The Nazis were those who decided they didn’t like a group of people, invaded their country, and killed them. That is what the Russians are doing. The Jews were the people that, sadly, took the abuse from the Nazis. The Ukrainians are the Jews. Nobody is buying what Putin is saying here because it doesn’t square with what he is doing. He is killing Ukranians. He is being the Nazi. What Putin should be saying here is: “Russia has long desired to emulate the Nazis and will now do so by invading Ukraine.” Very faithfully said, Mr. Putin.
• “The Ukranian soldiers are using their people as human shields.” Since Putin is attacking Ukraine, EVERY UKRAINIAN is a defender – not just the army. No human shields exist – just the men, women, and children of Ukraine he is killing. Ukraine is justified in defending. Russia is not justified in attacking any individual in Ukraine. Here is what Putin meant: “Russia will kill innocent Ukranians indiscriminately.” I give Putin a 10/10 for this honest statement.
• “Any foreigner who joins the Ukrainians will meet consequences they have never seen.” Here Putin wants to deter any decent human being from helping defend the victim he is trying to murder. He is threatening nuclear war to any who might want to help. This is further proof he has no cause – if we needed further proof – for in a real cause to declare war, someone would hope for allies to stand at your side in doing what is right. Putin has no right to what he is doing. He knows it. He also knows he has a slim chance to defeating Ukraine – because nobody in Ukraine wants Russia (except a narrow strip of Russians in the east – which were already somewhat separate). He will only “win” if he basically beats the Ukrainians into submission over a long stretch of time. Anyone helping would totally frustrate his plans. Sadly, the West appears to be listening to Putin. What the world needs is to not be afraid. Putin can’t progress in a war that the world opposes. He can only progress if people are scared to oppose him. So really all he meant to say was “Russia would rather destroy the entire world than lose a war they unjustly started.”

I have no ill will against the Russian people who were stuck with Putin when he started this war. It is their fault if they keep him around. If they do they are complicit with him. Putin can arrest 10s of thousands of people – but not millions of people. If his own people stood up to him, the could clear their own guilt. Otherwise, they are the German Nazis just like in WWII who stood by as the worst evils humankind can commit were perpetrated by their army.

The History of the Ukraine war, with respect to Putin, has been written. He’s guilty beyond measure and everyone knows it. He can shell innocent civilians only so long as his own troops are blinded from this fact. Only so long as his people sit quietly by. History has written his portion of this conflict. It is anxiously awaiting to see how the Ukranian liberation will unfold.