According to everything I’ve seen here, you’re not even supposed to pose a question like that. You’re not supposed to ask “Are sanctions good or bad?” because you’re not the ones responsible for imposing them in the first place and, let’s be sincere, nobody here can make an actual, significant effect on the course of that war.
No, instead of that you’re supposed to ask “Why exactly are the Western nations imposing those sanctions?” You can express moral judgement only AFTER you understand what’s going on, or else your words will be an emotion-driven description of stuff going on in your head. And how can any of you be sure that your current picture of the war isn’t biased or oversimplified?
And if you analyze the article with cold blood, you can immediately see that it doesn’t give any explanation for the West’s actions, apart from the fact that They Are Evil. Bad West!
Wait just one minute.
According to everything I’ve seen here, you’re not even supposed to pose a question like that. You’re not supposed to ask “Are sanctions good or bad?” because you’re not the ones responsible for imposing them in the first place and, let’s be sincere, nobody here can make an actual, significant effect on the course of that war.
No, instead of that you’re supposed to ask “Why exactly are the Western nations imposing those sanctions?” You can express moral judgement only AFTER you understand what’s going on, or else your words will be an emotion-driven description of stuff going on in your head. And how can any of you be sure that your current picture of the war isn’t biased or oversimplified?
And if you analyze the article with cold blood, you can immediately see that it doesn’t give any explanation for the West’s actions, apart from the fact that They Are Evil. Bad West!