History shows that Western sanctions have never put a dent in Russian resolve
Daniel Fine Columnist The full article is here->
https://www.daily-times.com/.../history-shows.../7039265001/ “There is an absence of history in Washington. Russia “encircled” with “sanctions” to deter war. The Republicans want to escalate into an air war with various ideas for intervention by air to offset Russian air superiority.
The Democrats oppose this as a risk of World War Three.
The lost history in the media and in Washington is in underestimating Russian resistance and self-sufficient go-it-alone nationalism.
Only Moscow is shutting down over sanctions. Outside in the countryside nothing is softening via disruptions to trade and international banking or Moscow in the world.
Russia lost 23 million in the Second War and still celebrates its victory over Nazism every year.
That was the Soviet Union until 1990. Yet, Russia can restore its economic tools and return to a non-market to survive while at war with Ukraine as if it is pre-NATO. “