You mean like what the US, UK and Australia did to Iraq. What punitive action did these countries face for their actions?
Yes, really the whole thing makes perfect sense when viewed from an "Old Order" vs "New Order" perspective.
Yes, really the whole thing makes perfect sense when viewed from an "Old Order" vs "New Order" perspective.
The more meaningful point to be taken from this event is that US government can and will use its influence over public and private institutions (banks, sporting organizations, other governments) to pressure Russia (and possibly other BRIC nations) into abandoning their economic and strategic interests.
This is dangerous because there is no chance in hell of Russia abandoning those interests over a soccer tournament (no matter how unfair/undeserved those interests seem to an average Redditor trolling /r/worldnews from their mom's basement in Illinois).
I feel that there are significant powers in Washington who sense that NATO and US's days of being able to violate international law on a whim and without repercussions are numbered and the only way to extend that immunity is by raising the Iron Curtain once more.
The effort governments (among others) put into propaganda demonstrate that this is not true.
My point is that Russia is forced to face actual consequences for its actions, whereas the Americans, and the rest have been given a free pass for doing basically the same thing.