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   Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Friday, 19-Jan-2024 01:00:10 JST Evan Prodromou

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   • Nelson Chu Pavlosky

   @skyfaller so, here's the benefit of fake sanctions: they give the Biden Administration some daylight between supporting Israel and supporting far-right Israeli extremists in the Netanyahu government and their ethnic-cleansing programs.

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     Nelson Chu Pavlosky (skyfaller@jawns.club)'s status on Friday, 19-Jan-2024 01:00:11 JST Nelson Chu Pavlosky

     @evan I said qualified yes because sanctions are often ineffective.

     For example, Kamil Galeev complains that sanctions against Russia have failed to target high-tech CNC manufacturing machines and similar items that can only be purchased from and maintained by the West. Without continuing active support from Western companies, his thesis is that Russia's ability to fight would collapse. https://kamilkazani.substack.com/p/why-is-russia-winning

     I would support well-designed sanctions, not fake sanctions.