What do they feed them in Brussels to create such Idiots in the corridor of Power?
Per this report: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/politics/government/eu-seeks-to-ban-playstation-and-xbox-shipments-to-russia/ar-AA1y0wHM
“The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas, has proposed banning the sale of gaming consoles to Russia, including PlayStation and Xbox, the Financial Times reports.
According to Kallas, this decision aims to prevent Russian armed forces from using these devices to control drones deployed in Ukraine.
The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy stated that products such as Sony's PlayStation and Microsoft's Xbox would be included in a new round of sanctions scheduled for the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 22.
"We are considering all possible options to stop Russia. We are really looking at all types of things that help Russia wage this war to include them in the sanctions list - even video game consoles, because, evidently, they are being used to control drones," said Kallas.
The three largest gaming console manufacturers - American Microsoft and Japanese groups Nintendo and Sony - halted sales in Russia in early March 2022. The EU ban would target traders within the bloc who send consoles to Russia, including sellers of used equipment.”
Whatever way we spin it, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas, does not appear to have great brains.
Is this all that one with such a high-sounding title can come up with?
Let us dissect this a little. So, in their collective wisdom, Eurocrats met, deliberated, and all that they could come up with was to impose sanction #21 or so on Russia.
Firstly, did these people ask themselves basic questions like: What has been the impact of sanctions one to twenty on influencing the behavior of the Russian Federation?
Per IMF figures, Russia today boasts of the world's fourth-largest economy. Obama et al. ridiculed it as a gas station with nuclear weapons.
Do our brilliant folks at the EU fail to take into consideration the fact that their sanctions have helped Russia to become the world's only genuinely autarkic nation?
Not only that, but a more sober, more intelligent person would notice that the EU sanctions have only hurt the economies of Europe. For example, the touted Europe’s economic powerhouse, Germany, has seen its industrial and manufacturing output decimated. The reason is simple: denied access to cheap Russian energy, German industries can't compete!
Secondly, looking at what the EU is sanctioning in its latest foray into uber-stupidness, these goods are produced outside the EU, with Europeans only acting as traders. And why do EUcrats delude themselves into thinking that other people (Chinese, Arabs, Indians, Africans) cannot step in to buy a new sell game in Gaming consoles to Russia?
Thirdly and more importantly, the reasoning in Brussels is quite bizarre.
What arrogant hubris made Europeans believe they were still indispensable in the scheme of things?
How can people in Europe be so obtuse as not to be able to reason that a country like Russia, which builds submarines, advanced fighter jets, and Space Stations and is the only country to have developed and used hypersonic weapons, will have problems developing game consoles?
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Thank you, Femi. Ms. Kallas is a joke. The EU Is a joke. Most European countries are a joke. The leadership is not serving its citizens; it is serving its lord, the US.
The most recent sanctions proposed by Kallas are childish. Kallas really believes that Russia must be fighting with shovels and chips ripped from home appliances. Meanwhile, Russia is kicking arse. And the EU is facing inflation from high LNG prices.