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Sanctions don't work, hasn't countless sanctions being applied proved that ?
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Sanctions aren’t a magic bullet but they do put internal pressure on governments. Putin is very powerful but Russian oligarchs have sway too and they’re not going to be best pleased with having their ability to operate restricted. The Russian economy is in no great state
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We have no choice to roll over, unless you want a Nuclear war on your doorstep that would see the potential end of the World as we know it
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Do you think they want nuclear war? Why are you assuming that they’ll start one? More to the point if we ‘have to roll over’ then where is your line? If they take over the rest of Ukraine do we roll over? If we have to roll over because they have nukes then they can do whatever they want.
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Russia is not the only country who meddles in other countries elections. We need to stop blaming Russia because someones side lost an election/referendum.
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It’s not about them single handily swinging elections. It’s about a constant low level operation to sow discord and distrust in the West. Using Twitter to amplify very minority opinions to make them seem louder than they are. Spreading rumours and fabricated stories so that people are unsure what is and what isn’t true. As well as the more traditional leaking of stories/information to damage those that might oppose their interests.
This isn’t new and it’s not just about Trump or Brexit. In the Scottish referendum RT amongst others were spreading stories that Westminster has rigged the vote and that there were secret oil fields being kept quiet because it would make Scotland unimaginably rich. It’s not that it would have swung the vote but added fuel to the anger and division in the country and thus making us less united and harder to govern.