The British have now gone boldly into fascist territory, openly declaring, as had Hitler before them, that they intend to destroy the entire Russian economy. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss today, in an interview with Sky News (as reported in the Daily Mail), ranted that total destruction of the Russian economy was necessary to “deter” Moscow from aggression:
“The number one thing that will stop Vladimir Putin taking action is if he understands the costs of that action. This could result in a quagmire and he should be well aware of that.
“Currently, the economic sanctions are fairly narrowly drawn, so we could only target companies with a direct involvement in destabilizing Ukraine. What we are looking to do is widen that so any company of interest to the Kremlin and the regime in Russia would be able to be targeted, so there will be nowhere to hide for Putin’s oligarchs, for Russian companies involved in propping up the Russian state. That’s what we are looking at doing this week.”
