“Stop buying the mass media propaganda—it is embarrassing.“
You are embarrassing , plus your cat is ugly.
Economic pressure on Russia may help end this.
The oligarchs are getting financially torched.
They may be able to pressure Putin.
Good luck with that.
How are the sanctions with Iran going?
How about the North Korean sanctions?
In the 1930s the sanctions against Japan worked so well they decided to attack Pearl Harbor instead of negotiating.
Welcome to the real world.
Sanctions just cause more trouble—and create bitter and intransigent enemies.
It is the foreign policy move for the establishment dummies—great talking points for the mass media but guaranteed failure every time.