Agreed, it won't work. It won't remove Putin.

But it means that if we have to fight a war with Russia. The Russia we'll be fighting will be poor.

I'm guessing that's the cold logic behind it.

Mind you, sanctions probably aren't at that level yet. Oil and gas still flows.

To clarify, I'm saying sanctions is a crappy tool. But there are no better options.

NATO isn't going to liberate Russians from Putin. That seems like a bad idea.