Mandalore76 said:
And all it took was two weeks of war and atrocities for him to do it. It's sad that it took Ukrainian officials publicly pointing out that the US and its allies were basically funding Russia's war effort by continuing to buy their invader's main export despite sanctioning everything else. It's the right move, but it shouldn't have required Ukraine begging/pleading for it to happen. |
Lets put this more in perspective. While it may seem easy to make this decision its really not all that simple. As people forget, the Biden Administration was actively making deals with multiple nations to make sure that putting sanctions on Russian oil would not leave the US and also EU in a serious situation where we are at 10 dollars a gallon or without oil for EU since they are so dependent. While it may seem that the administration was sitting on their hands its actually not correct. Its like leaving a job without actually having another one lined up. The administration needed to make deals and shift resources and thus allow them to make this move without to much cost in the short term. Long term of course would be more investment in renewal energy.
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