Lol what consequences? Such shell companies can appear by the thousands every hour. Even if you ban 2 or 3 it doesn't matter.

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awesome_dude 19 hours ago | parent [-]

Funny, sanctions have successfully applied to countries such as Russia, Iran, etc for decades...

They do try workarounds, and when those are caught there are consequences

You can sit back down now.

Edit: Is there going to be more "laws can be broken so let's not bother" arguments, because that's lame and boring

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graemep 19 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> sanctions have successfully applied to countries such as Russia, Iran, etc for decades.

Largely because other countries are willing to go along with it, and to the extent they are willing to do so.

Even NATO countries import Russian gas. The UK rolled back sanctions on Russia to import diesel earlier this year. Most of the rest of the world did not impose effective sanctions and lots of people trade with them (including huge economies like China).

The rest of the world is to dependent on China to want to get involved. The US might succeed in the current administrations attempt to split the world into new cold war spheres of influence (because people are scared of China too) but its not going to be easy, it will be painful, and its not going to get many countries to completely agree to what the US wants.

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LtWorf 16 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> They do try workarounds, and when those are caught there are consequences

Lol. Yeh we can all see how well the sanctions worked on Russia and Iran. Thanks for proving my point!

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awesome_dude 8 hours ago | parent [-]

Again with the "laws are broken so let's not have them" argument.

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LtWorf 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Sanctions aren't laws. USA doesn't have universal jurisdiction. Electing someone USA doesn't like is not a crime.

	▲	awesome_dude 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		- Sanctions aren't laws Oh my poor sweet summer child, they are. - USA doesn't have universal jurisdiction. Not sure if you understand this, but nobody said they do, but, if you have a quick browse of the threads, it has been pointed out how they ensure cooperation from other countries. - Electing someone USA doesn't like is not a crime. Show me where anybody claimed anything close to that. The truth is you've come here with a mindset based on a political ideology and that's blinded you to the objective discussion being held. Further, the fact that I keep pointing out your argument is the same as the one where people claim laws are of no use because they are routinely broken does not mean anything other than I am telling you how pathetic your claim is. Good day.