Comments by "worn down" (@worndown8280) on "Russia Defaults on Foreign Debt for First Time in a Century" video.

This is akin to a bookie not taking your money so his muscle can break your legs. This isnt so much to hurt Russia, but to keep the rest of the sheep in line.
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@LivingWithGout No they cant. As soon as that money hit US or the Euro zone it will be seized. The only possible way would be to ship the money to an intermediate nation and collect it then. But then the lender would be seen as breaking sanctions.
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@Locke99GS I might accept your position if the US government didnt already make an exception to that. Which it did. Then they let it expire. Which shows they are conflicted about the appropriate path. Which is fine. Like I said, this was done to send a message to the rest of the dollar denominated debt borrowers and lenders out there. Go against the US and this will happen to you. Unfortunately for this administration, every time they try to advance their agenda, they slide two or three steps backward. Eventually, they will be called to task on it.
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@Locke99GS Who is the US to "punish" another nation. Thats war talk. You people astonish me. This is literally how we got Pearl Harbor.
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@joycekoch5746 I mean, petro dollar is what it is. A good bookie doesnt lend to dead beats. Which circles back to the main point. The mark has the money, the bookie just wont take it.
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@Locke99GS You conflate the government with the economy. The economy is just everyone making commerce choices. Again, this is how we got Pearl Harbor. You probably never humped a pack, shot a weapon or chucked a grenade. But fully support a course that could very well cause millions of Americans their lives. There is a word for people like you.
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@FRANKSNAKE71 We got Pearl Harbor by sanctioning Japan and thinking there would be little to no blow back from it.
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