Posted on 03/03/2015 12:52:13 AM PST by elhombrelibre
Its been a little more than six months since the full brunt of Western sanctions took force against Russia. The punishment, while slow in coming, has proven devastatingly effectiveespecially when paired with the crash in oil prices.
(Excerpt) Read more at finance.yahoo.com ...
When your government kills you and your families and fellow citizens by the tens of millions because they think you are showing an attitude, then you are not "withstanding", you are simply dying.
Pointing out that the population of Russia always has survivors, is not proof that they are tougher than people who won't tolerate being totally powerless and hopeless, it is just showing that they all don't die.
Beautiful summation of Benghazi...and probably elsewhere.
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