Thinking that economic sanctions will bring Putin’s Russia to heel is so unaware of the lack of success of economic sanctions against much smaller, more vulverable countries in the past: Iraq, Iran, Serbia, Syria, North Korea, South Africa, and others.
The only reason they “worked” in Serbia is because they finally went to a bombing campaign, and THAT’S not economic sanctions.
Saddam Hussein’s smart enough to get around them, but Russia isn’t?
Our leaders are engaging in pure public relations stunts. They’ve got to know better.
It’s a non-starter, the Germans will never allow sanctions.