Russia should not be sanctioned!

Firstly, it doesn't matter where you're from. And this is exactly my point. America is doing what's best for its own litle *** (forgive my rude choice of words). But the USA would also be very deeply hurt by this... The economic sanctions the United States imposed on Russia over the Ukraine crisis don't hurt only the Russian economy. They hurt some U.S. companies that do business in Russia, too. John Deere, which makes heavy farm equipment and has two factories in Russia, was the latest company to blame weaker sales on economic sanctions. Despite beating its fiscal second-quarter earnings by 16 cents, the company best-known for its green and yellow tractors, cut its full-year outlook, saying sales of its tractors and harvesters would fall "significantly" in Ukraine, Russia and other ex-Soviet republics. The company cited credit restrictions by its customers there for the weak outlook. After Russia's annexation of Crimea, McDonald's closed three of its fast-food outlets there. The company said it had to cut evening hours in some stores in the region because of less foot traffic. The hamburger giant has more than 400 stores in Russia and gets roughly 9% of its revenue there. Visa and MasterCard also feel the pain as sanctions levied against a handful of Russian banks forced them to stop servicing those banks. Bank customers that hold Visa or MasterCard credit cards can't use them to make purchases. U.S. companies view Russia as a "growth" market, and they do about $40 billion worth of business annually with Russia. Germany would lose businesses in Russia, exactly. But this isn't simply ,,Losing a business' Germany would have no choice but to completely isolate themselves from all russian trade, which, mind you, brings in around 10% of all EU trade... Germany has also on several occasions stated that they oppose sanctions, so really, the only country that supports them is...big shock...USA...Also, I see no reason to pressure Russia even further. What exactly will these sanctions accomplish? Putin won't care, he does what he pleases...You would be harming the people of Russia, not the leaders. It is also plainly obvious that Crimea belongs to Russia... It was only given to Ukraine by Gorbachev in the days of the CCCP (USSR) to maintain peace within said nation. INTERESTING FACT: Putin actually WARNED the pro-russian seperatists in Crimea and the rest of Ukraine to remain peaceful and to leave the business to the country's leaders. Blame the seperatists, not Russia. The russian military intervention that you mention never happened. Russian troops are stationed on the borders of Ukraine, not on Crimea. Doneck and Lugansk are another matter entirely...I do see Russia's error there. Imagine if the Hungarians suddenly decided they wanted Murska Sobota...bad example, since you're american, here's a more suitable one: Imagine if the canadians just decided to steal Ohio...So yes, I do see your point in Doneck and Lugansk, but economocial sanctions or military interventions are not the answer. Let the russian minorities in Lugansk and Doneck leave Ukraine and move to Russia, problem solved. But no, America is DETERMINED to become the only economical and military superpower and they seek to root out any competition... Comparing Russia to nazi germany...really. The biggest crimes of the dritten reich were the holocaust and the invasion of France (and numerous other invasions), but this does not mean that EVERY action of the nationalist-socialists had a negative impac. You forget that a large part of Poland was indeed part of the german empire before the end of world war one. Russia also had a large part in Poland (soviet-polish war). However, all these are besides the point. Comparing Germany's actions to the acts of the russian federation...Germany took a part of Poland in the beginning, the part that might have even belonged to them. The difference? The majority of the local population didn't agree with the german takeover...as well as the fact that later on, Germany conquered all of Poland. Russia only claimed the area that is rightfully theirs and took it peacefully. Again, sanctions against russia are completely unneccessary and harmful. Imagine if the world sanctioned nazi germany back then...do you think that would have stopped the wehrmarcht? the SS? No, no it wouldn't. The only thing it would accomplish would be german rage and there was already too much of that... Again, the sanctions would be useless, harmful and could possibly start world war three... http://www.huffingtonpost.com... http://blogs.reuters.com... http://edition.cnn.com... http://afghancentral.blogspot.com...