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Let's see now. US is sanctioning Russia, China, North Korea, Venezuela, Cuba, Iran, and threatening the Philippines, Turkey and India for purchasing non-US weapons, as well as threatening secondary sanctions on everyone, with possible exceptions for allies, for purchasing Iranian oil after sanctions become effective. Oh, and did I mention the trade disputes with Canada and Mexico. Exactly who is isolated here? Talk about painting yourself into a corner. And economic warfare is a form of warfare. So WWIII is already on. Are you ready for it?Don't believe me? Notably, part of the legislation would require the State Department to make an assessment on whether Russia should be designated as a state sponsor of terrorism. At the same time, now that the Syrian Armed Forces are recapturing
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Mike Norman considers the following as important: sanctions, US economic warfare
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Let's see now. US is sanctioning Russia, China, North Korea, Venezuela, Cuba, Iran, and threatening the Philippines, Turkey and India for purchasing non-US weapons, as well as threatening secondary sanctions on everyone, with possible exceptions for allies, for purchasing Iranian oil after sanctions become effective. Oh, and did I mention the trade disputes with Canada and Mexico. Exactly who is isolated here? Talk about painting yourself into a corner. And economic warfare is a form of warfare. So WWIII is already on. Are you ready for it?Don't believe me? Notably, part of the legislation would require the State Department to make an assessment on whether Russia should be designated as a state sponsor of terrorism. At the same time, now that the Syrian Armed Forces are recapturing
Topics:
Mike Norman considers the following as important: sanctions, US economic warfare
This could be interesting, too:
Matias Vernengo writes The Gift of Sanctions
Peter Dorman writes Monetary Sovereignty, Sanctions and Russian Economic Policy
Chris Blattman writes The invention of sanctions
Mike Norman writes Trump’s “Currency Manipulation” Con — Anne O. Krueger
Let's see now. US is sanctioning Russia, China, North Korea, Venezuela, Cuba, Iran, and threatening the Philippines, Turkey and India for purchasing non-US weapons, as well as threatening secondary sanctions on everyone, with possible exceptions for allies, for purchasing Iranian oil after sanctions become effective. Oh, and did I mention the trade disputes with Canada and Mexico.
Exactly who is isolated here? Talk about painting yourself into a corner.
And economic warfare is a form of warfare. So WWIII is already on. Are you ready for it?
Don't believe me?
Notably, part of the legislation would require the State Department to make an assessment on whether Russia should be designated as a state sponsor of terrorism.At the same time, now that the Syrian Armed Forces are recapturing territory they are finding weapons manufactured in the US, Britain, France, and Israel in ISIS and Al Nusra stocks, as well as discovering the White Helmets fake-news-about-chemical-weapons production facility. Sorry, no made-in-Russia weapons.
Now exactly who are the terrorists here?
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