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Let's not pretend we can just torment Russia until a "good Russian leader" emerges... . . . . Let's not invent ridiculous strawmen to argue against. . . . .

Let's not pretend we can just torment Russia until a "good Russian leader" emerges... . . . . Let's not invent ridiculous strawmen to argue against. . . . . You agree that tormenting Russia is unlikely to bring about the political changes... . . . . I have neither agreed with that, nor... Either you agree with it or you don't? Perhaps I should leave this argument, as you seem capable of continuing it all by yourself. Anyway, those who have a clue about sanctions agree that they harm innocents most of all. [0] [0] https://sanctionskill.org/2021/10/06/sanctions-punish-children-and-the-most-vulnerable-oregon-foreign-policy-watch/ https://sanctionskill.org/2021/10/06/sanctions-punish-childr...

CRConrad 5y ago
>>> You agree that tormenting Russia is unlikely to bring about the political changes... >> I have neither agreed with that, nor... > Either you agree with it or you don't? No, an invalid statement requires neither agreement nor disagreement. And statements of the form "You agree that [premise] is likely / unlikely to bring about [consequence]" are invalid if the premise is invalid. I can't answer either "yes" or "no" to "You agree that the Moon being made out of green cheese is likely to bring about an oversupply crisis in the dairy industry once it comes crashing down"; the only valid answer is "Mu". Likewise nobody here knows whether "tormenting" Russia would be likely or unlikely to bring about political changes there, since nobody in this world is doing that. You'll have to pop back over to your alternate reality and check how it works out there.