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Yellow posted...

Let Putin's Russia collapse into a pile of ruins and invest in the welfare of the country afterward instead of screwing them over like we did last time

The only problem is it's unlikely to collapse, even with all of the sanctions and boycotts. Not to mention going all stick removes any ability to discourage them, short of direct military action and if the US brought back the draft, the American people might overthrow their own government.

Yellow posted...

Continue to work with China in a commercial relationship

The easing of sanctions only makes sense if we're getting concessions. But yeah, trade is the West's strongest lever.

Yellow posted...

Buy off the NK government with economic relations the same way we did China, gradually encourage them to pull the stick out of their ass

*guffaws*

NK is almost nothing like China was, and unless you cut NK off from Russia and China then you're not going to have them in a spot where you can try to push for change with economic deals. Although, even then, until KJI is dead, it's unlikely you'll be able to make any headway.

Yellow posted...

Don't let the US collapse into a dictatorship in the meantime

The US is more likely to collapse than it is to turn into a dictatorship. Of course, that could change if gun bans go through. Granted, considering the US was shockingly okay with the NSA's massive intrusions into privacy, DHS's warrantless wiretaps, raids on news offices, and the torture of whistleblowers like Chelsea Manning, the US is already teetering.