Russia is in deep trouble, but the Russians know how to suffer and endure, don’t they? Putin’s economy is shot all to hell. Th very top of the nomenklatura has been constrained by sanctions. Importantly, President Obama was successful with certain banking sanctions that placed Russia in a real vise. If we wanted to make them suffer even worse, we could shut down the SWIFT banking system to them, and send Russia into a depression. Not a good idea, by the way, once completely cornered, a wounded animal lashes out with severity.
Nope, our president has done a great job here, and old Putin has been slapped pretty hard. Let the Russians go into Syria. No biggie. Not our fight.
Russia is in deep trouble, but the Russians know how to suffer and endure, don’t they? Putin’s economy is shot all to hell. Th very top of the nomenklatura has been constrained by sanctions. Importantly, President Obama was successful with certain banking sanctions that placed Russia in a real vise. If we wanted to make them suffer even worse, we could shut down the SWIFT banking system to them, and send Russia into a depression. Not a good idea, by the way, once completely cornered, a wounded animal lashes out with severity.
Nope, our president has done a great job here, and old Putin has been slapped pretty hard. Let the Russians go into Syria. No biggie. Not our fight.