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Originally Posted by Mick
Sanctions don't work, as has been proven with North Korea and in some part, Russia.
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Sanctions aren't a full solution no. However it's better than military escalation and it will at least make people think twice. Putin has seen his economy suffer and his political allies have their assets frozen. Even someone like Putin can't dismiss domestic consequences entirely.
Obama did do something and it was better than nothing and since we're all agreed that military solutions aren't really on the table it was the maximum he could really do. It's also the maximum Trump can realistically do as well, if he were to sign off on the sanctions.