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Re:UK households set for largest fall in living standards in... by mensetmanusman on Thursday November 24, 2022 @08:28PM (#33738130)
The vast majority of the world has no economic power to impose meaningful sanctions. They are suffering already.

The Ukraine situation is also a message to China, which makes it more worthwhile.

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Re:UK households set for largest fall in living standards in... by rsj_hn on Friday November 25, 2022 @03:32PM (#33746451)
The sanctions have driven Russia and China together to being strong allies, which is a strategic defeat for the U.S.

But you are right, they do send a "message", which is that the West is an irrational actor that undermines its own interests, and is thus an untrustworthy ally. This is why Saudi Arabia and Turkey are moving away from the U.S. towards the emerging Axis of Sanity

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Re:UK households set for largest fall in living standards in... by mensetmanusman on Saturday November 26, 2022 @03:12PM (#33756199)
Russia will be a satellite state of China, but one could argue that was going to happen anyway.
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