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As a westerner I have some serious unease about this economic warfare that has really just kicked off. This is only going to create a significantly worse and m
by boringg 5y ago
As a westerner I have some serious unease about this economic warfare that has really just kicked off. This is only going to create a significantly worse and more destabilized situation. I don't think this is going to cow Putin into behaving, more like send him into a rage. Overthrowing a regime through macroeconomic warfare doesn't sit well with me.
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- lordleft 5y agoI sympathize but this is still better than direct war. The alternative is what -- allow Putin to run roughshod over Ukraine and expand his capacity to imperil our security?
- boringg 5y agoLots of options available to us. We just hit the nuclear economic warfare button - they are going to hit back hard and in many ways. Expect, at the very least, a lot of hacking security disruptions. Russia won't hold back anymore if we squeeze them like this. A trapped animal is the most dangerous one.
- GeoAtreides 5y ago>Lots of options available to us Can you enumerate some of them?
- boringg 5y agoLiterally everything is possible - do you seriously want me to enumerate all the different possibilities to attack and/or pressure Russian interests by the US?
- engineeringwoke 5y agoRussia is the new sick man of Europe, ironically enough given the old Russian empire used the term originally to describe the aging Ottoman empire. They seem to be the only ones that can't see it. They don't have anything that anyone particularly wants anymore. Germany can switch to LNG. USA is net energy positive these days (although the shale might only last another 10-15 years). And finally nukes just aren't worth that much with MAD.
- hnarn 5y ago> Lots of options available to us. And yet you present none.
- hnarn 5y agoYou should have "serious unease" about Russia invading a neighboring country and threatening other Western nations militarily. What would you suggest as an alternative to this "economic warfare" as you call it? What would "cow Putin into behaving"?
- blip54321 5y agoA destabilized situation is precisely what leads to Putin being overthrown. That's kind of the point.
- boringg 5y agoDestabilizing situations has historically worked out terribly for the US. While that might seem like the best route forward - it bears considerable risks for the world.