Stavridis: Why Aren't We Sanctioning Putin Personally?

Any further punitive action against Russia by the White House should target President Vladimir Putin “personally,” former NATO commander James Stavridis advises.

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In an interview Sunday with John Catsimatidis on “The Cats Roundtable” on WABC 770 AM-N.Y., Stavridis also asserted Putin “needs to be indicted in an international criminal court.”

“These sanctions need to target Putin personally, they need to go after his personal wealth, his ability… and his friends and his family to travel in the world,” Stavridis insisted.

“He needs to be indicted in an international criminal court,” he said. “We need to personalize these sanctions.”

Ed Morrissey

Let's not go down the ICC route, please. In the first place, we don't officially recognize it, and in the second, the ICC and the ICJ are targeting Israel at the moment for defending itself. We don't need to give them any more legitimacy at this point in time.

Why not sanction Putin personally? For one thing, it limits some potential leverage, but the biggest reason is impotence. Putin has undoubtedly arranged his wealth to limit his exposure to Western sanctions. 

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