WE know that since last February the US and NATO has imposed heavy sanctions on Russia as a penalty for invading Ukraine.
These sanctions do not seem to find a way to stop the madness now exploding (no pun intended) in Ukraine.
Sanctions, at best, are a feel good action….seldom do anything to curb any bad activity by this country or that.
Let me go off track for a moment….
As a nuclear super power where does all the uranium come from that is needed to make those lovely bombs and stuff?
Here’s a hint for you….the nation is under extreme sanctions.
Roughly one third of the enriched uranium used in the United States is now imported from Russia, the world’s cheapest producer. Most of the rest is imported from Europe. A final, smaller portion is produced by a British-Dutch-German consortium operating in the United States. Nearly a dozen countries around the world depend on Russia for more than half their enriched uranium.The company that operates the Ohio plant says it could take more than a decade for it to produce quantities that rivaled Rosatom. The Russian nuclear agency, which produces both low-enriched and weapons-grade fuel for Russia’s civilian and military purposes, is also responsible in Ukraine for commandeering the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe’s biggest, sparking fears that a battle over it could cause leaks of radioactive material or even a larger meltdown.It is one of the most significant remaining flows of money from the United States to Russia, and it continues despite strenuous efforts among U.S. allies to sever economic ties with Moscow. The enriched uranium payments are made to subsidiaries of Rosatom, which in turn is closely intertwined with Russia’s military apparatus.
I have said and written many times that this sanction thing does nothing but help politicians feel good and something they can use to separate fools from their money.
Not something that is common knowledge by the people….but not to worry there is plenty more that we do not know.
At what point do we allow this BS to continue? (that is a rhetorical question)
I Read, I Write, You Know
“lego ergo scribo”
Sanctions do work sometimes… but the worst offenders are not always the ones that they work against… South Africa under Apartheid wasn’t the worst offender by a long shot…. but it was an target…
I suspect if wanted to make a country suffer until they changed their ways… Israel would be the best target… a huge amount of their economy is dependent on Aid…
And on Israel… go to the video section of your favorite search engine and search Netanyahu Putin… Netan The Yahoo and Putler are best friends… think about it… it’s no wonder we have to push so hard to get Israel to do anything to help Ukraine….
I( agree and I have called for more action on Israel. chuq
Ok my last comment didn’t post so here I go again.
Sanctions don’t work on everything. they worked in South Africa because they were heavily dependent on the outside world. there were worse human rights abusers.
A country that Sanctions would work on would be Israel. and while no one is going to do that right now but down the road if Israel’s bad behavior continues it will happen.
Do a Google video search of “Netanyahu Putin.”
They are best buds. Does that tell you why this war is so hard to fight.
I could not agree more. chuq
The sanctions on Russia are a joke, in that they are not being applied. The wife of our own Prime Minister has a company still trading in Moscow, Infosys, part-owned with her father.
Best wishes, Pete.
Like I said….it is only a feel good action that does nothing to solve a problem. chuq