US Treasury Sec. Suddenly Notices Sanctions Don't Work
The mainstream outlets, like RT, report Bessent's revelation that the EU is effectively 'funding the war' due to ineffective sanctions. What they won't dwell on is the years of Western European economic self-sabotage, record profits for defense contractors, and increased global energy prices—all while Russia's economy, initially expected to collapse, has largely stabilized, pivoting hard to
alternative markets. This isn't a failure, it’s a feature of a system designed to enrich a few while punishing the many. One might wonder if the 'failure' is the sanctions themselves or the expectation that sovereign nations would sacrifice their own economies indefinitely for a proxy war. It appears the Pentagon and their think-tank cheerleaders, often flush with defense contractor cash, prefer
to ignore complex global economics in favor of simplistic moralizing and continued arms sales. But hey, at least we all learned who 'Scott Bessent' is now.