If The Russians Engineered a Trump Victory

[Kinser79]

(03-11-2017, 05:52 AM)Galen Wrote:

(03-10-2017, 10:03 PM)Kinser79 Wrote:

(03-10-2017, 09:57 PM)Odin Wrote:

(03-10-2017, 09:50 PM)SomeGuy Wrote: Whaddya want to do?  Threaten nuclear war over Riga?  Britain's guarantee of Belgian neutrality would seem cheap by comparison.

I want a policy of containment and increasing isolation of Russia until they cry uncle.

Won't work.  Russia is self-sufficent in food, energy and all resources except natural rubber for which they have enough oil for synthetic rubber.  You can't starve them out like say Luxembourg.

Only some guy that has never learned anything about Russian history would think this would work.  The simple truth is that Russia has dealt with far worse things than sanctions by the US.  Look up what Russians refer to as the Great Patriotic War and spend a little time thinking about what you learn.

Not just then either, and not just Napoleon. Russian history is filled with tragedy. But one thing that has never worked on them is blockade. How would one even blockade a self-sufficient land power anyway?