Crash Course: Limited sanctions won't stop Putin

If what Putin’s army is doing to Ukraine right this minute isn’t terror, what is it? Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRj_ezSP0QWaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tL1cDc3BjQgpiFtRnG2KZlqitUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~). Limited sanctions won't stop Putin in Ukraine: It's time to step up the pressure on Russia By fumbling and bumbling and hesitating and stalling and arguing and fiddling and politicking and treating the world like everything was peachy keen, Europe and the U.S. and [the NATO alliance missed its chance](~/AASU4wA~/RgRj_ezSP0RxaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDIvMjQvbmF0by1sZWF2ZXMtbGl0dGxlLXJvb20tZm9yLWRpcGxvbWFjeS1ob3ctdGhlLW1hY2hpbmUtdXBwZWQtdGhlLWFudGUtaW4tdWtyYWluZS9XA3NwY0IKYhbUZxtimZaorVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) to include Ukraine as a member, and [now they are all alone](~/AASU4wA~/RgRj_ezSP0RPaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDIvMjQvcHJhaXNlcy12ZXJ5LXNtYXJ0LXB1dGluLWZvci1pbnZhZGluZy11a3JhaW5lL1cDc3BjQgpiFtRnG2KZlqitUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) against the third or fourth biggest military in the world.   Numerous comparisons have been made by historians and experts between [Putin's invasion of Ukraine and Hitler's taking of the Sudetenland in 1938](~/AASU4wA~/RgRj_ezSP0ReaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2FzaGluZ3RvbnBvc3QuY29tL2hpc3RvcnkvMjAyMi8wMi8yNC9oaXRsZXItY3plY2hvc2xvdmFraWEtc3VkZXRlbi1wdXRpbi11a3JhaW5lL1cDc3BjQgpiFtRnG2KZlqitUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~). Hitler claimed repeatedly that ethnic Germans in the eastern part of Czechoslovakia were being mistreated and attacked and that the region had to be taken over "to protect Germany." "It is the last territorial claim which I have to make in Europe," he said in September of 1938. The Sudetenland was ceded to Germany less than a month later. [Read the rest from Lucian K. Truscott IV](~/AASU4wA~/RgRj_ezSP0RyaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDIvMjYvbGltaXRlZC1zYW5jdGlvbnMtd29udC1zdG9wLXB1dGluLWluLXVrcmFpbmUtaXRzLXRpbWUtdG8tc3RlcC11cC10aGUtcHJlc3N1cmUtb24vVwNzcGNCCmIW1GcbYpmWqK1SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~). (Alexei Nikolsky\TASS via Getty Images) Marjorie Taylor Greene doubles down on attending white nationalist conference On Friday night, [Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene](~/AASU4wA~/RgRj_ezSP0R9aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDIvMTAvbWFyam9yaWUtdGF5bG9yLWdyZWVuZXMtZ2F6cGFjaG8tcG9saWNlLWlzLXZlcnktZHVtYi0tYnV0LXdlLXVuZGVyZXN0aW1hdGUtaGVyLWF0LW91ci1wZXJpbC9XA3NwY0IKYhbUZxtimZaorVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) attended a white nationalist conference in Orlando, Florida, which she came to her own defense about on Saturday saying she was there to "talk to the audience." Greene doubled down on her defense, which was part of a statement given in a recorded interview to CBS News correspondent Robert Costa, saying she does not personally know [Nick Fuentes](~/AASU4wA~/RgRj_ezSP0QnaHR0cHM6Ly90aGVoaWxsLmNvbS9wZXJzb24vbmljay1mdWVudGVzVwNzcGNCCmIW1GcbYpmWqK1SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~), the white nationalist leader who organized the event in question, held on Friday night at the Orlando World Center Marriott. [Read the rest from Kelly McClure](~/AASU4wA~/RgRj_ezSP0RpaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDIvMjYvbWFyam9yaWUtdGF5bG9yLWdyZWVuZS1kb3VibGVzLWRvd24tb24tYXR0ZW5kaW5nLW5hdGlvbmFsaXN0LWNvbmZlcmVuY2UvVwNzcGNCCmIW1GcbYpmWqK1SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~). 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Dear Hollywood: In times of international crisis, speechlessness is always preferable to stupidity [Crisis and its twin, tragedy,](~/AASU4wA~/RgRj_ezSP0QjaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tL3RvcGljL3VrcmFpbmVXA3NwY0IKYhbUZxtimZaorVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) remind us of our frailty. One cannot fairly call them great levelers, since each of us is affected and reacts differently according to our resources. But they also engender a common feeling of not quite knowing what to do. That was not the case for marginally famous actor AnnaLynne McCord though. Apparently the news of Russia invading Ukraine moved her read an open letter directed toward…[the violent despot responsible for starting this war.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRj_ezSP0RzaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDIvMjQvcGljay1wdXRpbi1vdmVyLWRlbW9jcmFjeS0tYW5kLXJpY2stc2NvdHRzLWNyZWVweS1ibHVlcHJpbnQtZm9yLWFtZXJpY2Etc2hvd3Mtd2h5L1cDc3BjQgpiFtRnG2KZlqitUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) Cringe-inducing as that description is by itself, the product is so much worse. [Read the rest from Melanie McFarland](~/AASU4wA~/RgRj_ezSP0SCaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDIvMjYvZGVhci1ob2xseXdvb2QtaW4tdGltZXMtb2YtaW50ZXJuYXRpb25hbC1jcmlzaXMtc3BlZWNobGVzc25lc3MtaXMtYWx3YXlzLXByZWZlcmFibGUtdG8tc3R1cGlkaXR5L1cDc3BjQgpiFtRnG2KZlqitUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~). (Katie Yu/ HBO Max) - "David Lynch Condemns Putin: ‘All This Death and Destruction Will Come Back to Visit You," [Variety](~/AASU4wA~/RgRj_ezSP0RYaHR0cHM6Ly92YXJpZXR5LmNvbS8yMDIyL2ZpbG0vbmV3cy9kYXZpZC1seW5jaC1jb25kZW1ucy1wdXRpbi1ydXNzaWEtdWtyYWluZS0xMjM1MTkwMjYyL1cDc3BjQgpiFtRnG2KZlqitUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) - "Cher almost caught fire on the set of Moonstruck," [The Cut](~/AASU4wA~/RgRj_ezSP0SEaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlY3V0LmNvbS8yMDIyLzAyL2NoZXItYWxtb3N0LWNhdWdodC1maXJlLW9uLXRoZS1zZXQtb2YtbW9vbnN0cnVjay5odG1sP3V0bV9tZWRpdW09czEmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT10dyZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249dGhlY3V0VwNzcGNCCmIW1GcbYpmWqK1SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) - "What's the hardest wood in the world?" [Atlas Obscura](~/AASU4wA~/RgRj_ezSP0RJaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYXRsYXNvYnNjdXJhLmNvbS9hcnRpY2xlcy93aGF0cy10aGUtaGFyZGVzdC13b29kLWluLXRoZS13b3JsZFcDc3BjQgpiFtRnG2KZlqitUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) - Rest in peace, [Hot Lips](~/AASU4wA~/RgRj_ezSP0RDaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wMi8yNC9tb3ZpZXMvc2FsbHkta2VsbGVybWFuLWRlYWQuaHRtbFcDc3BjQgpiFtRnG2KZlqitUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~). The Ukraine catastrophe and how we got here: Chronicle of a war foretold I was in Eastern Europe in 1989, reporting on the revolutions that overthrew the ossified communist dictatorships that led to the collapse of the Soviet Union. It was a time of hope. NATO, with the breakup of the Soviet empire, became obsolete. President Mikhail Gorbachev reached out to Washington and Europe to build a new security pact that would include Russia. Secretary of State James Baker, along with West German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher, assured the Soviet leader that if Germany were unified NATO would not be extended beyond the new borders. The commitment not to expand NATO, also made by Britain and France, appeared to herald a new global order. We saw the peace dividend dangled before us, the promise that the massive expenditures on weapons that had characterized the Cold War would be converted into expenditures on social programs and infrastructures that had long been neglected to feed the insatiable appetite of the military. [Read the rest from Chris Hedges](~/AASU4wA~/RgRj_ezSP0RZaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDIvMjYvdGhlLXVrcmFpbmUtYW5kLWhvdy13ZS1nb3QtaGVyZS1jaHJvbmljbGUtb2YtYS1mb3JldG9sZC9XA3NwY0IKYhbUZxtimZaorVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). (SERGEY BOBOK/AFP via Getty Images) Have a tip for Salon? Feedback on this newsletter? [Let us know](mailto:brett.bachman@salon.com). 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