The Illogic of Waste

So... sadly my prediction on US, Russia and the Ukraine has come to pass. The world watched and did nothing as Putin invaded.

Where was the UN on all this? Why is the US response the only one being talked about? Why did we do nothing to help these people?

Now we (the World) are imposing sanctions. 

When have sanctions ever changed anyone's behavior? Never.

I once heard about a study done somewhere about parents bringing their kids late to some weekly event. It doesn't matter what that event was, but the organizers got tired of the late arrivals and decided the parents would be fined a small amount of money each time they were late.

Did this fix the problem? No. It revealed that people are very happy to pay a fine if they can do as they please. It also didn't matter to them how much that fine was. The fines were increased and increased and still tardiness did not stop. 

This is exactly the effect that sanctions will have on Putin. None.

I am saddened that human beings can still be okay with others being killed as long as it's not them. I will once more misquote Spock from Star Trek, "The Illogic of Waste."

Let's not waste more lives or resources sanctioning hate mongers who are glad to pay our made up fines and do as they please anyway.