I’m behind on the Q&As, for which I apologize. I will start catching up immediately. Here’s one question:
These sanctions are a nothing burger. There have been years of sanctions, and they have had zero effect. Russians don’t react to poverty or a plunging standard of living. The only people impacted are middle-class, and they are a tiny percentage. Nobody gives a crap about what they want.
The problem is much bigger. Nobody knows what to do. Trump is trying to recreate Hillary’s “Russia reset” that was a re-creation of George W Bush’s policy which was a replay of Bill Clinton’s policy which was identical to Bush Sr’s policy. Thirty-five years of doing the exact same thing and getting the exact same terrible result not because anybody wants a terrible result but because nobody knows what else to do.
I also don’t know what to do. There was a chance to spare us all this crap back in 1990. That chance was pissed away. Since then, nobody found the courage to state openly why it was pissed away. You can’t solve a problem you are afraid to name. So we are stuck. We will continue beating our heads against a wall that grows thicker with every hit.
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