Russia-Ukraine war and related tensions Megathread

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https://mobile.twitter.com/atrupar/status/1507776547780018177
This is pretty massive. In a Speech in Poland Biden for first time openly articulates the new policy of the US: Regime Change in Russia. Never before has US openly called for regime change in a P5 Nuclear state. Even during the height of the Cold War in the early 80s when Reagan said SU was an "Evil Empire", US did not call openly for regime change. Even the most radicals in the Trump Admin like Pompeo who went in that direction (Nixon Library speech 2020) for China, stopped short of explicitly saying it. Putin is now in terms of US policy what Saddam Hussein was post 1991.

What does this mean concretely?
-No chance of Sanctions being lifted until Putin is toppled, even if Hostilities cease, even if status ante quo bellum is restored
-Russia Liberation Act (pendant to Iraq Liberation Act of 1998)? US support for military coup in Russia, like in Iraq in 90s?
-However the major risk is that like with Saddam Hussein in the 90s, while it is successful long term in degrading Russia's economic and much of it's military potential into ruin, it is not effective and in fact counterproductive in achieving regime change.

The White House is walking it back:

https://twitter.com/ccadelago/status/1507784877894164488

Malarkey!

We need to denazify and demilitarize Russia!