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To: John Koligman who wrote (760447)	3/30/2022 1:12:13 PM
From: greenspirit	1 Recommendation Recommended By John Koligman Respond to of 793761

It's disturbing to think about the 75 year terror this one country has inflicted on the world. At the end of WWII, they could have played nice and joined the free nations of the western world, but they went rogue and ugly. Putting massive amounts of their wealth into weapons of mass destruction, attacking other countries, subjugating millions to their marxist ideology, while their people suffered through long bread lines and being sent to Siberia when they dared protest for change. It looks like Putin wants to take them back to that wonderful time. When you think of the trillions of dollars worldwide put into sophisticated weapons systems, as a deterrent to this rogue paranoid society, just about any country on the planet would be preferable. Sure, individually that have some amazingly talented and intelligent people, but collectively, they just cannot work together to build a just governmental that is at peace with the rest of the planet. I hope the economic punishment is so great they wake up and change. I doubt it will happen, but we can always hope. On the other side of the border, what has Ukraine ever done to other nations in the world? Yes, they are struggling through their kleptocracy phase of development, like many other nations, but I have more hope for them 50 years from now, then Russia.

To: John Koligman who wrote (760447)	3/30/2022 1:40:31 PM
From: skinowski	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793761

I got a chuckle over a post from one of the people you interact with here. He said Putin stated 'Russia does not steal'. I was that poster, John. You remember me from our previous exchanges over the years, don’t you?.. Putin actually said “we do not believe in stealing” - but that’s too subtle, I guess. I have no idea how International Law treats the subject of sanctions. Can a small, poor country apply sanctions against a superpower? Or, is it that only the rich and the mighty can police and punish all others? Personally, when President Obama released previously frozen Iranian assets, I never agreed that he “paid Iranians” a certain number of billions. He simply allowed them access to their own money. He paid them some on top, but that’s another story. Extreme sanctions are reminiscent of the times when an army would lay siege over a city - planning to starve them to the point when they submit. That’s pretty much what the West is trying to do now. How will Russia react if those sanctions really “work”? Will they take it in silence - or will they lash out, threatening to start a war? We have no idea. But, you can see that this is a very legit subject for discussion on the “politics for pros” board. Personally, I’d rather not find out what their reaction would be. Looks like they’re working on several ways to make do.