That is exactly what they mean.

Sanctions work less effectively the more they are used, and Biden already unleashed extreme sanctions against them in the starting days of the war.

It seriously fucked with their economy, which is why they then took steps to sanction-proof themselves.

Freedom from threats of US sanctions is a big part of the impetus of BRICS.

A big part of why they earn MORE from their gas now then before the war is India, a supposed ally and one that should be enforcing the sanctions but won’t because they’re not willing to commit economic suicide for the US.

Never assume your enemy is stupid or doesn’t get a say in how they respond to your attacks.

Irans retaliatory strikes defending against Israel’s unjustified cowardly sneak attack to start a fight the Israelis were to weak to win.

There, I fixed the title for you.

He absolutely redefined to justify killing children. Bush didn’t do that. It was used, under Bush, to justify torture and jailing of adults.

Obama re-invented it for his purposes. The purpose being to kill children without consequence.

In my mind, that definitional change is significant enough that he owns a lot of that blame.

Fucking goddammit, he redefined the word to justify killing children. Why do you defend that?

EDIT: Removed indirect articles for easier readability, content is the same.

It was under Bush to justify imprisoning civilians. Bush was all for direct war actions.

Obama massively increased bombings and drone bombings to pull out combat troops and would do stuff like double tap weddings. To lower the number of civilian deaths, Obama declared any male over the age of 14 to be, by definition, an enemy combatant.

The person you responded to was correct, though a bit imprecise with their words.