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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe sanctions purpose are no longer a deterrent. There purpose now is to make this as painful as
possible as long as Russia occupies Ukraine
Claustrum
(4,845 posts)Putin went in knowing full well the sanctions are coming.
Pantagruel
(2,580 posts)True, but you still have to apply them. Call them whatever.
Claustrum
(4,845 posts)It's just that expecting immediate result or a withdrawal is fantasy. Biden fully knew it wouldn't have stopped Putin. It's just the silly reporter asking stupid question/placing an unrealistic goal.
Omnipresent
(5,714 posts)Claustrum
(4,845 posts)I got the impression that the hard line Biden drew is for Putin not to attack any NATO allies.
As far as Ukraine goes, I think it's a loss clause.
totodeinhere
(13,058 posts)RT should be shut down immediately in order to stop pro-Putin propaganda to be disseminated in this country.
Claustrum
(4,845 posts)totodeinhere
(13,058 posts)harder to pull off.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)RT is a foreign entity - not eligible for 1st Amendment protection.
totodeinhere
(13,058 posts)You replied that it doesn't make sense to shut down RT because they are a foreign entity and not eligible for 1st Amendment protection. Isn't that all the more reason to shut them down?
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)It makes no sense they are allowed to operate here.