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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Frank Underwood" data-source="post: 420042" data-attributes="member: 35">Look at the reply to Snarky's post, and you'll see who exactly my "doubling down" comment was directed at.As I said, I'm not sure sanctions will convince Putin to back down.  However, "having the stones" to deal with Russia hasn't worked out too well.  The US sent billions in weaponry to Ukraine, and all they achieved is a stalemate at the expense of dead Ukrainians.  Americans are war weary, which is why politicians and pundits are telling us how lucrative war is for the US defense industry (how sick is that?).  A clash of imperialist ambitions has sadly placed Ukraine at the center of a power struggle between Russia and the West.</blockquote>