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Cut economic and whatever else ties with the aggressor.
At the very least, explicitly say that this is not okay.
Should we also cut economic (and "whatever else") ties with china, india, marocco, south africa, saudi arabia, and israel among others?
Yes.
So isolating ourselves, not the smartest move in my opinion.
Yeah. We could've used our economic power for years and decades to shape the world according to our own lofty goals and morals and we didn't and now shit's fucked and we're scared we'll have to give up even a bit of our wealth in order to help vulnerable humans in other places. Yay us.
Start with the biggest arsonist and isolate them.
That's not isolationism though, and a good way to go forward IMO as you can't attack everyone IMO that would just make everyone work around us.
What is South Africa doing wrong?
At the very least we should reduce or eliminate our dependency on them
That goes without saying, we tried to do the French-German peace after WW2 but with the whole world (interlinked economies are supposed to reduce risk of war, which worked onside Europe). Now it's time to become independent.
Okay, but they can do that independently of seeking a democratic solution in Venezuela, and if Congress does something to hold Trump accountable for this and pay reparations to the citizens of Venezuela then in that scenario the sanctions / embargo should be reversed.
Okay. Not sure I see your point?
You said what you think should happen and I built upon it with what I think should additionally happen. What part are you confused about? Do you not know what a sanction and/or embargo is?
The "but" in your reply suggests some disagreement. Sorry if I misunderstood.
My apologies.