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TwilightGardener

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1. Sanctions do work, if you look at it in terms of imposing costs.

Reply to Dems to Win (Original post)

Tue Sep 2, 2014, 10:52 PM

Sep 2014

Will they make beloved Pooty-Poot pull back? No, he can't, or he'll be humiliated and lose authority in Russia. But they will weaken Russia's economy (they already have). That's certainly a worthy price to extract for aggression. I wouldn't lift them for a long, long time. Oh, and offer NATO membership to whatever of Ukraine is left. Put NATO on Pootie's doorstep, with a missile shield. Anything that jabs this nutcase in the eyeball at this point is fine with me.

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No one knows what Putin�s up to, but sanctions are the west�s biggest mistake [View all] Dems to Win Sep 2014 OP

Sanctions do work, if you look at it in terms of imposing costs. TwilightGardener Sep 2014 #1

the point of sanctions is to deter future aggression--so yes ruining the Russian economy geek tragedy Sep 2014 #2

Actually economics did bring the old Soviet Union down Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2014 #5

Yes, they are strategic not tactical. nt geek tragedy Sep 2014 #7

Leave Putin alone!!! zappaman Sep 2014 #3

+1. We're hearing quite a bit of that lately. Tarheel_Dem Sep 2014 #4

Snort. That still makes me laugh. lonestarnot Sep 2014 #9

The first part of the OP.. "No one knows what Putin is up to.. " is fucking laughable. But but but Cha Sep 2014 #17

Sez the chickenshits at the Guardian! Major Hogwash Sep 2014 #6

Not to hijack the thread . . . brush Sep 2014 #8

Any day now... LuvLoogie Sep 2014 #10

In other words, he's full of it. nt brush Sep 2014 #12

The first part of the OP is a crackup.. "No one knows what Putin�s up to.." but blah blah blah.. Cha Sep 2014 #18

Barack should do some workouts LuvLoogie Sep 2014 #11

I'm afraid I think that's nonsense. Donald Ian Rankin Sep 2014 #13

So is the OP LuvLoogie Sep 2014 #14

Obama'd kick Pootie's ass in H-O-R-S-E...nt SidDithers Sep 2014 #15

"After you play Razz for a whole day you feel like you want to beat someone up" jakeXT Sep 2014 #16

Difficult to 'engage' a delusional has-been like Putin. randome Sep 2014 #19