Russia invades Ukraine, threatens The West

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(03-08-2022, 05:29 PM)Eric the Green Wrote:

(03-08-2022, 05:04 PM)Dustinw5220 Wrote:

(03-08-2022, 01:23 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: I'm glad Biden took this step. I hope our allies can join us soon.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-plannin...1646746787

I wonder why it takes the individual decision by companies to not do business with Russia. I wonder why the government cannot apply an embargo on all commerce with Russia.

I am so happy Biden is making the move to fully sanction Russia and embargo their oil (I haven't written to him myself yet, but I was planning to soon), while I had hoped he could eventually be persuaded to follow through on this, I definitely didn't think it would be this fast (maybe there's still hope for our 4T yet).

Don't get me wrong, I'm certainly not under any illusions that things are gonna be smooth sailing from here on. The right-wing neoliberal Trump supporting lunatics are almost surely gonna have a hit (it's also too early to say for sure what Russia's and most importantly Putin's response is gonna be), and I have about as much faith in the American voters as you do these days (which isn't much). Still, I'm beyond relieved that we now have a president who understands the times we're living in and has the courage to do the right thing regardless of the potential consequences, Biden showed his strength as our 4T leader today (and for that I'm beyond grateful).

Hopefully, progress can finally start to rev up again now and we can officially begin our long overdue transition away from fossil fuels and toward renewables.

I hope so too. I guess Senator Manchin is the one to write to, since he is holding up the BBBBB which includes the most available action on the table to speed up the transition. Thanks for your comment.

If Joe Manchin switched parties, do you think it would hurt him? I mean, he's already proved himself to Us.