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My point is that things are pretty bad in North Korea (they used to have famines not long ago). Yet, that didn't make us ease sanctions significantly. Did it?
by jopsen 5y ago
My point is that things are pretty bad in North Korea (they used to have famines not long ago).
Yet, that didn't make us ease sanctions significantly. Did it?
My point being: things can probably get very bad in Russia before we ease sanctions due to humanitarian concerns.
Yes, it's a tragedy. Hopefully, all of this ends before it gets that far.
- maerF0x0 5y ago> Yet, that didn't make us ease sanctions significantly. Did it? One could equally flip that. Did famines and sanctions make them our allies? No, it hasn't.
- jopsen 5y agoAbsolutely, that's tragedy of it. Sanctions won't make them surrender, or make them our friends. It'll just make the poor. The only good thing sanctions against North Korea did was: 1. Make their army poorly maintained, 2. Discourage others from doing similar tricks. I'm not even sure we were successful at (2).