Of course, such theater is essential if you want to succeed as a politician and especially for the commander and chief. We seem to want a king... but one we can dismiss when we tire of them.
At any rate, it is hard to see where sanctions have achieved much success unless there is a rapid positive response. When they don't work the first time, tightening sanctions tends to hurt the people but not to threaten autocrats.
Sanctions of Russia have been an abject failure but at least the Russian people aren't suffering serious consequences-
whether that's good or bad. In Venezuela we are hurting the innocent people and not the dictator, apparently. As long as he can siphon enough money to the military he's good to go.
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