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“The whole world is watching.鈥�

I remember hearing that chant watching the coverage of the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago when police beat protesters while the cameras rolled.

It was a reference to the power of television to expose shameful behavior.

And that鈥檚 the tactic being used to shame the Russians attacking Ukraine.

Everybody with a phone is a war correspondent. Each day we see a new potential war crime.

I watched that video taken from an apartment building 鈥� the two Russian jets go screaming overhead 鈥� and you count the seconds 鈥� 1 鈥� 2 鈥� 3 鈥� 4 鈥� 5 鈥� 6 鈥� 7.

It鈥檚 terrifying.

We鈥檝e seen missiles take chunks out of apartment buildings, streets filled with debris, all of it potential evidence of war crimes because these are civilians being targeted.

And it鈥檚 important to have a record of all this 鈥� but the chances of putting Vladimir Putin on trial? Or any of his subordinates? Or the soldiers carrying out the orders?

Pretty slim.

Yes, the whole world is watching 鈥� and probably hoping that all of this becomes evidence in the future. But in the present, I think these pictures are exactly what Putin wants the world to see.

Because he wants every city in Ukraine to understand what will happen if they don鈥檛 surrender.

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