Quote from: DrBeer on August 02, 2023, 12:13:27 PM

Quote from: Alpha Marine on August 02, 2023, 07:03:44 AM

Quote from: serveria.com on July 31, 2023, 07:15:24 AM

You are delusional to think that sanctions can help fight Russia.

Sanctions have worked to an extent, but I don't believe sanctions can make Russia stop the war. This looks like a war in that the ego plays a very big role. Neither Russia nor Ukraine nor NATO would want to agree that they've been defeated.
Without the sanctions, Russia would have been able to do more harm to its enemies through economic means and otherwise. At this point, they're just looking for ways to survive whatever sanction that gets thrown at them and they've been managing well so far.

Quote from: serveria.com on July 31, 2023, 07:15:24 AM

Even if ruble will go to zero, Russia would still continue producing tanks and rockets and paying their military.

The ruble can't go to zero but I get your point. If the ruble goes to zero that would mean inflation will be at about 200% and no country can fight a war and win with that kind of inflation. The price of everything would be so expensive that they would be forced to turn their focus on the economy instead of war.

Let me remind you of history:
USSR being a more progressive and technologically advanced country. In a sense, the USSR had a self-sufficient economy.
The USSR was not technologically backward like modern Russia. The USSR had not only a resource economy, the level of third world countries, as now Russia has.
The USSR waged war for 10 years in Afghanistan, killing millions of Afghans and tens of thousands of its terrorists who went to kill Afghans.
The western world imposed sanctions against the USSR. and in 10 years the USSR ceased to exist !
Nothing is impossible! Especially now the position of Russia is on the back of world politics, its place has been taken by China, China benefits from stability. In fact, no one is interested in Russia, it has shat all over itself and stained itself in everything it can.

Haha gave me a good laugh (as always) Grin

So, it turns out Soviet Union collapsed because of the western sanctions? Mkaaaay Grin

I'm not even sure what sanctions you mean? The 1980 grain embargo? Grin

Indeed, life can be hard with a room temperature IQ... Grin