© ambitoJeffrey D. Sachs
Jeffrey Sachs, a world-renowned professor of economics and bestselling author, recounted how he warned senior US officials that sanctions on Russia would fail. His statement comes as
Daleep Singh, the US deputy national security adviser for international economics, said a large flow of Russian weapons is still powered by electronic components from companies in the United States and allied countries."The percentage of Russian battlefield weaponry with US or allied branded components is alarmingly and unacceptably high,"
Bloomberg quoted Singh as saying on May 28, adding that the US and its allies have struggled to stem the flow of parts to Russia and called on companies to prevent these parts from being used in the Ukraine conflict
Export controls — which target the movement of goods rather than financial transactions —
have been difficult to enforce because producers lack the large internal compliance departments that have emerged in the banking sector over the past two decades of US sanctions policy.
"Put your creativity and resources to work, know your customers, know their customers, and know the end users. Ensure that American firms are not unwitting cogs in Russia's arsenal," appealed the advisor.
Comment: Leaving the Marxist ideology at the end of the article aside, indeed, if people were aware of the rapidly deteriorating state of affairs, mass strikes (as just one example) could have some impact.
However, even if it doesn't quite pan out as NATO, or the author of this article, think, considering how fragile economies and supply chains in the West are these days, any additional stressors could have equally devastating consequences.
That said, it is clear that Russia, and China, in particular, are taking seriously the threat posed by the increasing mania of the pathocrats in the West (and Israel):