Here’s the thing about sanctions: they don’t work. We are where we are right now precisely because we have policed the world through sanctions for so long.
Many experts and analysts try to paint this complex picture of geopolitical affairs to explain the current ongoing crises across the globe.
However, all of the ongoing trouble can be traced back to one specific incident—kicking Russia out of the SWIFT system.
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SWIFT is the international messaging protocol and standard used to shift U.S. dollar reserves all over the planet. Without access to SWIFT a particular country’s dollar reserves are completely useless.
If the Biden administration did not decide to do this then the war between Russia and Ukraine likely would have been contained.
It would have simply
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