I dunno. “Contain and defeat” is pretty strong language to use if all you mean is “denounce”. “Contain and defeat” is what the US is (ostensibly) doing to ISIS, and the connection becomes stronger when you take into account the background of the author.
The author definitely means something more forceful than “denounce” but there are a range of options (such as steps to undermine Russian interventions in Syria) which do not amount to deposing Putin forcibly. I’m not agreeing with all of the article, just commenting on the “DEPose” issue.
The author definitely means something more forceful than “denounce” but there are a range of options (such as steps to undermine Russian interventions in Syria) which do not amount to deposing Putin forcibly. I’m not agreeing with all of the article, just commenting on the “DEPose” issue.