MICKEY MOUSE CLUB

Russian Sanctions – Huge Mistake

MickyMouseClub

Politicians just keep making the same mistake over and over again. They perpetually turn to sanctions bankrupting private business with no respect whatsoever as the USA is wiping out farmers in Europe. But worst of all, there is not a single incident where sanctions have EVER worked even once. They often remain in place beyond a decade even as in Iran, but there is no change in politics.

Tomcat

Sanctions only make Putin stronger for they allow him to point to the West as the evil empire that covertly toppled the Soviet Union with a CIA plot. The most popular T-Shirt in Russia says this particular tree, which is also the name of a weapon, is not afraid of sanctions. The one in the middle says don’t make our missiles laugh (Iskander SS-26 Stone). The Mickey Mouse Club would be nice if there were really qualified people instead of questionable lawyers.

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Stucky

“But worst of all, there is not a single incident where sanctions have EVER worked even once.”
—— from the article

Amen to that.

Cuba ….those sanctions have been going now for 50 years or so. Has it worked … meaning, the USA gets its way? No!!

Korea … practically the entire world sanctions N. Korea. Has it resulted in a change of leadership? Silly question.

Paradoxically, what works more often than sanctions is the THREAT of sanctions.

Steve Hogan
Steve Hogan

I view sanctions as a means of controlling the people in the sanctioning country, not as a method of punishing the leaders in a sanctioned country.

The ordinary people in both countries suffer, while the political class in both thrive. Cuba, North Korea, Iran, Russia, Venezuela. Name the sanctioned country, and I’ll name their leaders who live quite well.

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