Gordon, it can't stop there. When every child is returned to their parents then we can talk peace.When I last checked the PRC hadn’t invaded another sovereign nation. There is theorising about what China might do and the reality of what Russia has done. And the objective is quite simple as far as I can see it: that Russia returns to its own internationally recognised borders and stays there. That’s it. Not especially layered or nuanced and very straightforward.
They were taken to summer camp the parents were told for their own protection. Years on most remain somewhere in Russia, their whereabouts unknown.
As people die, as we tire of war it is easy to forgot simple things like this. We cannot forget what a sadistic evil bastard Putin is.
It's easy for me to type this, I'm not in danger but my heart bleeds for those parents.