I just wanted to add another view on some sanctions effects from inside the country that attacked their neighbour (I still have a problem beleiving this).
The sanctions are for stuff like them hacking another government or invading a sovereign country. It's hard to be friends with a nation through those situations (and irresponsible not to react at all)
Like, what things? I'm a citizen of a heavily sanctioned country, even though I haven't lived there for years. If anything, sanctions only affect people in such a way that they hate the countries that imposed the sanctions on their country, but not their own government. That's a very naive point of view.
It depends on sanctions and it is more nuanced usually. Usually people that are under sanctions are hit hardest by them. Other people usually are hit by their government and brainwashed by propaganda that sanctions are to blame.
This is why sanctions are bad policy, they indiscriminately cause hardships to citizens of the affected countries. These sanctions it appears only serves to grow resentment against US in these countries.
The sanctions weren't intended to prevent military conflict- the threat of sanctions was. The threat failed.
Now the question should be, will following through on the threat mitigate the harm now or in the future? Against Russia, my guess is no. They also haven't been successful against Iran or any number of other counties.
It might be said that the effectiveness of sanctions is entirely reliant upon being able to keep a weak nation weak, rather than preventing a strong nation from preying upon weaker neighbors.
Do you realise the reasons they did so before the sanctions? The same reasons apply. The possibility of sanctions has always existed and it's possibly pleasing to many countries that the bar for sanctions seems to be set at "invading another country".
This is my understanding as well, although I disagree with it. I know I'm not the first one questioning if sanctions even work most of the time, or if an economically crippled country is better for the long term health in a region known for its extremists versus one where its economy is not held back in any antagonistic manner, even if it has a nuke.
I just wanted to add another view on some sanctions effects from inside the country that attacked their neighbour (I still have a problem beleiving this).
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