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A reporter asked why he thinks sanctions would deter when they clearly haven’t, then why expect different results with these?
Joe got all pissy and said they never inferred sanctions would deter anything.
Another BIG LIE
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Five times the White House said sanctions could deter Putin
SANCTIONS MEANT 'TO PREVENT AND DETER'
Daleep Singh, deputy national security adviser for international economics and deputy director at the National Economic Council, said Tuesday that the express purpose of the sanctions threat was deterrence.
“Sanctions are not an end to themselves. They serve a higher purpose. And that purpose is to deter and prevent,” Singh said. “They’re meant to prevent and deter a large-scale invasion of Ukraine that could involve the seizure of major cities, including Kyiv. They’re meant to prevent large-scale human suffering that could involve tens of thousands of casualties in a conflict.”
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Joe got all pissy and said they never inferred sanctions would deter anything.
Another BIG LIE
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Five times the White House said sanctions could deter Putin
SANCTIONS MEANT 'TO PREVENT AND DETER'
Daleep Singh, deputy national security adviser for international economics and deputy director at the National Economic Council, said Tuesday that the express purpose of the sanctions threat was deterrence.
“Sanctions are not an end to themselves. They serve a higher purpose. And that purpose is to deter and prevent,” Singh said. “They’re meant to prevent and deter a large-scale invasion of Ukraine that could involve the seizure of major cities, including Kyiv. They’re meant to prevent large-scale human suffering that could involve tens of thousands of casualties in a conflict.”
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Five times the White House said sanctions could deter Putin - Washington Examiner
President Joe Biden’s move this week alongside European allies to impose sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine has sparked a debate over whether the administration’s deterrence policy has already failed.“No one expected the sanctions to prevent anything from happening,” Biden said...
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