Yet, that didn't make us ease sanctions significantly. Did it?
My point being: things can probably get very bad in Russia before we ease sanctions due to humanitarian concerns.
Yes, it's a tragedy. Hopefully, all of this ends before it gets that far.
One could equally flip that. Did famines and sanctions make them our allies? No, it hasn't.
Sanctions won't make them surrender, or make them our friends.
It'll just make the poor.
The only good thing sanctions against North Korea did was:
1. Make their army poorly maintained,
2. Discourage others from doing similar tricks.
I'm not even sure we were successful at (2).
Yet, that didn't make us ease sanctions significantly. Did it?
My point being: things can probably get very bad in Russia before we ease sanctions due to humanitarian concerns.
Yes, it's a tragedy. Hopefully, all of this ends before it gets that far.