I don't disagree with you. But aren't ALL our sanctions like that? They'll stop working soon, but they have worked in the past.
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Replying to @emptywheel
they've worked on some countries, yeah. But I don't think they've changed Russian behaviour for the better. Maybe for the worse.
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Replying to @iwelsh
Absolutely agree Crimea ones have not worked. Hacking ones might be different--those people aren't as powerful as oligarchs.
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Replying to @emptywheel
I can't quite see Putin giving up election interference -- unilaterally disarming -- if the US doesn't. Is the US going to?
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Replying to @emptywheel
People keep misreading Putin/Russia. In 2008 I said they would never let Sevastapol go. Usual idiots told me I was full of it.
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America doesn't seem to get that some nations have national interests they will fight for. Literally fight for.
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Replying to @iwelsh
We agree on that. Tho I also think Putin will continue to find ways to attack our weak spots.
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Replying to @emptywheel
The entire thing just makes me super twitchy. America has no interests worth constantly pissing in Russia's backyard.
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Correct. And yet ... piss we do. At some point maybe someone will start thinking abt graceful retreat. But not Trump.
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