To avoid a nuclear war, and so to give Putin a carrot, let me propose this idiocy. In exchange for us getting out of Ukraine, let Putin set up missile bases in Cuba again. If the submarine triad still is viable? This, we can always retaliate correct? On Friday, April 15, 2022 Lawrence Crowell <everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote: Well at this time freezing assets means there is a carrot with the stick. If you seize then you trade the carrot for another stick. The one leverage is to squeeze the oligarchs who support Putin, which might make them change government and remove him from office. LC On Friday, April 15, 2022 at 5:40:32 AM UTC-5 johnk...@gmail.com wrote:
Check out this article from The New York Times. Because I'm a subscriber, you'll be able to read it for free. Don’t Just Freeze Russia’s Money. Seize It. It’s the only way to signal that the United States is committed to making even the world’s most powerful states pay for their war crimes. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/15/opinion/russia-war-currency-reserves.html?unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuomT1JKd6J17Vw1cRCfTTMQmqxCdw_PIxftm3iWka3DJDm8fiOMNAo6B_EGKf7d4fNo6miuSXppKLaU1Sfp536pFMldgURelud2EhJEBaW0TmL6EY1kXjdjLTKxqtnjjdHW4I-Nyg7eytB_fOja9RKPbhHM-IF02o49ufAr7xSELxKvEQrMk2YR0iOwzRcwvHUd2byaPt_DpCxh1KY_GOkmasl9qLrkfDTLDntec6KYCdRFRDT_FTXB-6GU77rBMKY9dffa_f1N7Jp2I0fhGAXdoLYypG5Q2W4DT8r1ourTHohCJo9GkyEIMCVVHmGBQyxLkSXx75Q&smid=em-share -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/a4139e4f-e925-45b5-a572-ddf05eb34973n%40googlegroups.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/1114732722.150756.1650049327264%40mail.yahoo.com.