Russia invades another country. You are the President of the US. Your options are:
1.) Do nothing. Poland, and the parts of Germany that used to be East Germany, might not like the long term consequences of this plan.
2.) Start a nuclear war, killing hundreds of millions of people. A few disadvantages to this plan as well.
3.) Economic sanctions. You can certainly say this will kill people by way of depressing GDP growth. Will it kill fewer people than a full nuclear exchange between the US and Russia?
1.) Do nothing. Poland, and the parts of Germany that used to be East Germany, might not like the long term consequences of this plan.
2.) Start a nuclear war, killing hundreds of millions of people. A few disadvantages to this plan as well.
3.) Economic sanctions. You can certainly say this will kill people by way of depressing GDP growth. Will it kill fewer people than a full nuclear exchange between the US and Russia?