Is there a single instance where sanctions worked?

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Remembering all the sanctions put on Russia when they invaded Ukraine. Seems like they didn’t even make a dent.

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I’m sure they put the squeeze on them in certain ways temporarily until they found a workaround. Trading in other currencies, changing banks for credit etc.

But it probably enriched some folks as well. If you look at the all the seized yachts etc for example, those were ultimately sold to private parties. Also anonymously from what I’ve read. Bank accounts were tapped as sanctioned although I’m unsure what they did with those monies.

Yes.
Cuba.
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Plus I imagine when a country is about to pull some shite they take into account the possible sanctions from whoever and figure out whether they will seriously hurt or not.

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/\ THIS /\ is where I thing the Biden money laundering scheme got it's only salable product. Biden was in position to leak the current thinking of the State Dept and readiness levels in the Defense Dept to help the foreign governments better plan their strategy - and to warn foreign oligarchs of unsafe 'investments.'

there was much of never anything a VP could actually DO, otherwise he could have been a billionaire by now

Another example of sanctions not working, and probably doing just the opposite of what they were intended to do. Before WW2 Japan was trying to become a world power, by building up their military and influence in the world. Their small island needed more resources ( oil,coal, etc). US put strong sanctions on them. Thus Pearl Harbor, WW2.

Sanctions just hurt the populace

I’d prefer to keep them on Iran so they have less money for terrorism. So in that way they work. Not as effective as a blockade but better than Potatus giving them funding.

They may not motivate the target nation to change policy. But they can make life shitty for them.

The lesson from Japan is, if you sanction a country and back them into a corner you best be ready for a violent response.

A few months back the UN etc got tired of the warlord leadership in some african shathole, stealing the free grain and then charging the starving populace for it. So they said we will stop shipping and the warlords said okey dokey let em starve.

A week later they said they will resume shipments....but only to women and children. Well if you couldnt control it in the first place how are you now going to target market it....oh nevermind.

I remember its the same strategy of giving iran the money we were holding as long as its used for humanitarian aid and will will use Qatar to monitor it....but isnt that the country that is wining and dining hamas...oh nevermind.

But we are doing the sensible thing and using Russia to negotiate the nuke deal between us and Iran.......seriously we were using Russia as a mediator.

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But it probably enriched some folks as well. If you look at the all the seized yachts etc for example, those were ultimately sold to private parties. Also anonymously from what I’ve read. Bank accounts were tapped as sanctioned although I’m unsure what they did with those monies.

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Accounts with an owner that is a sanctioned party are frozen in an interest bearing account at whatever institution it was held at (when/if the sanctions are lifted the original value plus interest are returned to the owner).