Originally posted by JAD_333
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They did not work against India.
They have not worked against Iran.
They surely are not going to work against Russia.
You can make things tough for the people of the country you are sanctioning, but eventually they are going to adapt, like water finding the path of least resistance. With that adpatation will come alternatives. And funnily in a way, the sanctions once braved, actually make the sanctioned country stronger and more self reliant than what they were earlier.
Plus it also makes them more pissed, and more determined, with a more hardened stance. Not to mention gives the administration the perfect flagpole for the junta to rally around.
I do not think sanctions are a concept which is past its shelf life. I think sanctions is a concept that was stillborn to begin with.
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