No doubt, but as a mechanism of applying pressure to get them to stop invading Ukraine, I think you’ll have to agree that it’s failed miserably. That’s what I (and most people) mean by ‘working’: accomplishing the intended aim. Huge problems or not, the war continues unabated. Why do you imagine doing more of the same would be any more effective?
Link just takes me to a website that says ‘Enter your email.’
Respectfully: No.
Why? Primary sanctions didn’t. The US and Europe effectively crashed out of Russia’s economy for the most part; they lost access to Western banking, Western businesses abandoned Russia in droves, and the oil and gas sales to Europe that Russia is heavily dependent upon have been significantly reduced. Yet they seem to be doing fine, so what’s left?
Also, why on earth would China walk away from trade with Russia? It’s pretty clear the US-led world order of trade is falling apart and China hasn’t been the one begging for trade deals over here, they seem fine to just write us off and go on about their business elsewhere in the world, I doubt they would have any compunction about doing the same to Europe if it came to that (which I doubt it will.)
Haven’t Western nations already been applying significant sanctions to Russia? It’s pretty clear that hasn’t been working, why do they imagine that more of the same will work any better? Oh right, they don’t, they just want to look like they’re doing something useful.
I’m guessing they mean ‘half of 145%’, but yeah that headline is a hot mess.
Posting it without comment or indication that it’s misleading is treating it as reliable, or at least as reliable as any other news article posted here.
Obviously Trump is a fire hose of bullshit that is not shy about spewing bullshit, but if you just drop stuff here without comment we have no choice but to assume that it should be given the same weight as any other article. ‘Do your homework’ applies to both the poster and the reader.
Because the US congress is not in the business of speaking out against policies they support, and ‘geopolitical interest’ (ie, imperialism) will garner their support almost no matter the cost, especially if the people bearing the burden of that cost are not voters they need for reelection.
Sorry, are we under the impression that Israel after killing north of 50,000 people, most of whom are children, is in any way civilized? I guess that’s what delusion will do for you.
Oh, my bad, I didn’t even notice the ‘no thanks’ button. Thanks.