Wisdom from The Little Weasle!
[QUOTE=Paulie97;2993797]Which of course completely ignores the likely devastating Western military response to any use of tactical nuclear weapons, and generally the fact that Russia isn't the only nuclear country. Nonetheless the West and Ukraine need to just bend over and grab their ankles now while begging Russia not to make it hurt too bad. In fact that's what they all should have done three years ago. Why? Because Tiny, an obsessed little weasel in a hooker forum says so. Damn Ukraine for objecting to the invasion of their country based on myths and distorted history. The same goes for complaining about all the war crimes, as Little Vlad has rattled the nuclear saber and Little Tiny in Stupid Shit insists on a surrender. All will be well, until the next time a little weasel decides to threaten nuclear war.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Paulie97;2993772]....you've never made a case for your vague and wishy-washy do nothing and appeasement alternatives.[/QUOTE]I may be a globalist, but I'm also a realist. Ukraine's not going to win this war. You, on the other hand, are Slim Pickens:
[URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snTaSJk0n_Y[/URL]
Since I first posted in this thread, in June of 2023, I've been arguing Ukraine should pursue peace, the same advice Mark Milley offered a few months before (see post #4214). As Blood Red correctly argues, Ukraine's position has gotten worse since then.
When did I threaten a nuclear war? You need to get a grip Paulie. I'm merely a poster on a hooker board. I have no control over world events.
More Wisdom from The Little Weasle!
[QUOTE=Paulie97;2993772]I see you still haven't tired of coming here day after day giving new meaning to the word wuss while sucking up to every new Russia supporter that crawls out of the woodwork. Sanctions have worked, as they promote deterrence by sending a message on the world stage while making life tougher for bad actors. They aren't just about winning converts or securing regime changes, while you've never made a case for your vague and wishy-washy do nothing and appeasement alternatives.[/QUOTE]Hey Paulie, You should visit Cuba and Russia and see for yourself. Cuba is destitute and many Cubans blame sanctions imposed by the USA. I've even heard that from Cuban "political" refugees in America. Russia on the other hand is doing marvelously. There's an article in the WSJ today,[B] For Russias Economy Peace Poses a Threat[/B], that argues the country will take an economic hit if the war stops.
[URL]https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/russia-war-economy-ukraine-peace-deal-783b8bdb[/URL]
As to deterrence, perhaps you have a point, with respect to China for example. But at what cost? Sanctions kill a lot of people. UNICEF estimates over 500,000 Iraqi children died by 1999 because of sanctions. The CEPR attributes 40,000 Venezuelan deaths to USA Sanctions in 2017 and 2018 alone. Many more have died in Iran, Cuba and North Korea.
But, you know, you're right. I shouldn't, as you say, make vague and wishy-washy comments. So I wrote a well-researched essay for you!
[B]WHY SANCTIONS DONT WORK
By The Little Weasle![/B]
Sanctions are widely used as a foreign policy toolimposed to punish aggression, deter nuclear proliferation, or pressure governments into reform. They are often viewed as a less violent alternative to war, allowing nations to signal disapproval and exert influence without direct conflict. But despite their popularity, sanctions rarely deliver on their promises. In fact, they often entrench the very regimes they aim to weaken, while causing widespread suffering among ordinary people.
According to a landmark study by Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Jeffrey Schott, and Kimberly Ann Elliott in their book Economic Sanctions Reconsidered, sanctions are only successful about 30% of the time. That means in 7 out of 10 cases, sanctions fail to produce the desired change in behavior. And that 30% includes many cases where success was partial or achieved in tandem with other forms of pressure, such as military threats or diplomacy.
Take Russia. Since 2014 and especially after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine the West has unleashed a historic barrage of sanctions on Russia: freezing central bank assets, cutting off banks from SWIFT, blocking exports of high-tech goods, and restricting oil revenues. Yet despite the economic damage, Russia continues its war. Far from buckling, the country has reoriented its economy, expanded trade with China and India. They've provided political fuel, as they can be framed as proof of Western hostility, and they've rallied domestic support.
Cuba illustrates how sanctions can become frozen in place despite decades of failure. The USA Embargo, imposed in the early 1960's, has now lasted more than 60 years. It has not ended communist rule or ushered in democracy. What it has done is contribute to economic stagnation, limit access to vital goods, and offer the Cuban government a convenient scapegoat for internal dysfunction. The regime has not collapsedinstead, it adapted, survived, and even built soft power through medical diplomacy and resistance branding.
Iran offers another instructive case. Sanctions have long been used to pressure Iran over its nuclear ambitions and regional behavior. While they arguably helped bring Iran to the negotiating table for the 2015 nuclear deal (JCPOA), the USA Withdrawal from the agreement in 2018 and reimposition of "maximum pressure" sanctions failed to produce a better dealor a change in regime behavior. Instead, Iran resumed uranium enrichment, cracked down domestically, and deepened ties with non-Western powers. The sanctions hurt the Iranian economy, but not enough to break the regime's hold on power.
In Venezuela, sanctions were intended to dislodge Nicols Maduro and support democratic transition. Instead, they helped accelerate an economic meltdown that was already underway. The result wasn't regime change, but mass emigration, humanitarian crisis, and further consolidation of authoritarian rule. Maduro used the sanctions to paint the opposition as collaborators with foreign aggressors, strengthening his narrative and weakening dissent.
These cases aren't anomaliesthey are part of a pattern. Sanctions tend to fail because they rest on flawed assumptions: that pain leads to capitulation, that regimes act in good faith under pressure, and that people suffering under sanctions will rise up and demand change. In reality, authoritarian governments are often most skilled at weathering external threats. They repress opposition, exploit patriotic sentiment, and channel hardship into regime loyalty.
Moreover, the humanitarian impact is profound. Sanctions can lead to inflation, medicine shortages, decaying infrastructure, and a deteriorating quality of lifewithout touching the powerful. They often hurt those least responsible and least able to change the system. And they rarely include effective off-ramps or diplomatic pathways, meaning that once sanctions are imposed, they become politically difficult to lift.
Even when sanctions seem to "work," it's usually because they're paired with credible diplomacy or military leverage, not because of economic pressure alone. Sanctions without strategy become little more than symbolic gesturesmorally satisfying, but practically ineffective.
In short, the historical and empirical record is clear: sanctions fail far more often than they succeed. They have not broken the back of regimes in Cuba, Iran, or Venezuela. They tend to prolong crises, deepen suffering, and rarely produce the political change they promise.
Life is sad enough as it is
Things are sad enough as it is, how are you guys not making yourselves sadder by arguing about all this war and politics stuff? I sure wish the 'stupid shit in Kyiv' thread was about Ukraine chicks and their crazy antics. Granted, this thread has become like this now because Ukraine was invaded, but still. Even during war there's got to be sex being sold, especially in Kyiv.
Sex and Politics in Kiev 2009 .
QUOTE=AntonySun1996 Exactly my thought.
Who the fuck would argue about politics all day on a sex forum.
There are too many pussies out there waiting to be fucked for people to waste time on this shit. / QUOTE.
The talk about Sex and Politics in Kiev in 2009 ,going down memory lane.
[URL]http://www.internationalsexguide.nl/forum/showthread.php?816-Kyiv/page1105[/URL]
Indeed times have changed, No Thanks To Bad Vlad.
[URL]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=90WD_ats6eE[/URL]
SEX and Politics in 2009. ,EU or Russia?
QUOTE=Jojosun; QUOTE=AntonySun1996 Exactly my thought.
Who the fuck would argue about politics all day on a sex forum.
There are too many pussies out there waiting to be fucked for people to waste time on this shit. / QUOTE.
The talk about Sex and Politics in Kiev in 2009 ,going down memory lane.
[URL]http://www.internationalsexguide.nl/forum/showthread.php?816-Kyiv/page1105[/URL]
Indeed times have changed, No Thanks To Bad Vlad.
[URL]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=90WD//QUOTE[/URL]
For Your Dicks Only, LOL, The EU or Closer to Russia! That was the Question on this Forum back in November 2009.
: Quote Originally Posted by Strike 69.
I heard a rumour about this new elections and the intentions of the new government to get closer to Russia rather than the west (US), even to start demanding visas again to Americans, does anybody knows something about?
I hope it is true. It will mean, much better prices for (us) western mongers.
With every crises there is a silver lining.
Closer to the west means one thing, on the road to the European union and western prices.
[URL]http://www.internationalsexguide.nl/forum/showthread.php?816-Kyiv/page1104[/URL]
