There is a difference between what you described and a manic drive to destroy an entire nation and all its people. The current moves tangent ALL Russians no matter they sympathize with Putin or hate him. Foreign sovereigns are watching and future investors will evaluate very carefully whether foremost the UK and US are a place to invest in when an entirety of a nation's people are punished for the wrongdoing of a single despot. Being money centers and being at the levers of power comes with a special responsibility. That is why many western countries aside the US and UK were VERY hesitant to remove ruble payments from the swift network. What I question is whether the US and UK truly attempt to target Putin or whether they are willing to ANYTHING that gets Russia to oblige. Some prices are not worth paying. And "bombing" Russian civilization and all its people into oblivion just so that Putin relents on Ukraine is for many nations a too high price to pay. It comes with too many dangerous consequences. The same thought goes in hand regarding the invasion of Afghanistan and I sanctioned operations in Pakistan post 9/11. A terrorist act was committed and 3000 or so people died. That was used as rational to attack sovereign nations and conduct operations in sovereign nations that did not permit said operations in their nation. The thinking among many leaders outside the US and UK goes that for the US and UK anything is permissible according to their own definition. Neither Pakistan nor Afghanistan declared war on the US. Yet their were invaded by the US. Same goes with Iraq. When oil or a terrorist act can be a justification to illegally invade a sovereign country then the US and UK MUST accept that Putin and any other leader has the exact same right to illegally invade a country according to their own rational and reasons that we might not agree with. Just because someone is butt hurt should not be sufficient rational to invade another country. The US has done so many times but pretends now that what Putin has done is unprecedented. Other nations are not stupid. They watch very carefully and evaluate how "safe" their investments are and if funds can be frozen based on any rational then this will impact future decision making. There is a very good chance that offshore USD bond markets get negatively impacted by all this for a long time.
I personally think Nato shouldn't sanction Russia. They should instead send a trillion dollars of aid to Oligarchs to spread among the people. Nato should also bomb Kiev so that Ukraine surrenders faster. This way Oligarchs will feel comfortable buying 20MM apartments in Sunny Isle and taking advantage of US property rights and freedoms as they profit from a regime that does the opposite.
Not sure how your cynicism relates in any way. My point stands. You might disagree with it, I am OK with that. What Putin is doing now is exactly the same what the US has been doing with Afghanistan. Use a self serving rational and logic to illegally invade another nation. One is oil and terror victims and another is securing a buffer between the enemy and the mother land.
I don’t know what Afghanistan has to do with sanctions against Russia. Are you a Russian troll? Because you argue like one.
I explained in detail what the relationship is. America and Europe cries that Putin invaded Ukraine. America has done the exact same thing with various nations numerous times. Where was the corporate and social media warrior outcry then? Has Japan ever attacked the US or declared war on the US before pearl harbor? Why did American cannon boats attack Japan before completely unprovoked? Why did the US invade Vietnam when Vietnam did not declare war on the US. Has Iraq declared war on the US? Has Yugoslavia? Has the Yemen? Sudan? Panama? Afghanistan? Have the Philippines? Should we complete the list together? Pure hypocrisy. And no, I am an individual who values logic, honesty, and truth. Not a Russian troll. But it disappoints me that each time one disagrees and the other side runs out of arguments one is accused of being this or being that. Why not debate the message. Why always sniping at the person? What does it matter, even if I was Putins advisor? It's irrelevant. The US and UK made up reasons to invade as it suited them each and every single time. And now Putin's argument that the Ukraine is infiltrated by American CIA operatives and that Nato and Europe are flirting to include Ukraine is a too far fetched argument to secure its national and geopolitical interests? I don't think so.
What do all those US wars (some were bad, some were right) have to do with sanctions against Russia and the desire for foreign nationals to park their money in the Land of the Free? You've listed like 20 military invasions the US has been involved in (and some fictitious ones like Yemen and Sudan) but are somehow okay with Russia invading a peaceful neighbor.
Good lord. I explained it in even more detail to you for a second time now. If you don't see the parallel then I can't help you further. The issue here is that the US steadfastly believes that it's holier than thou rationals to invade other nations seem to be justified but Putin's rational seems to not meet the standards that the US applies to its justifications to invade nations. When the US invades nations then Americans living all over the world are not subjected to sanctions and their lives are not being destroyed by a concerted political and corporate effort. But when it's Russia that invades then for some perverse reasons it seems OK that unaffiliated Russians around the world are targeted and impacted. That's all I will say. If you still don't get it or refuse to see the point then there is no point further arguing.
There were no Americans seeking to park their money in Vietnam in the 1970s so that would have been a poor strategy for the Soviet Union and China to fight with America against.
Lol, you are completely missing the boat here. The point is WHAT IF innocent Americans were targeted in response to the unprovoked invasions by the US. You would also have been OK with that? All good. I get the sense it is your intention to not want to see the point.