In any case, US and European leaders must recognize that all sanctions will have costs – many of them unexpected – for both sides. If they are not willing to risk global financial stability in an unpredictable game of chicken with Putin, perhaps it would be wise to re-think the composition of the sanctions that they impose.
无论如何，美国和欧洲领导人必须认识到，一切制裁都会给双方造成代价——其中许多代价是不可预料的。如果他们不想拿全球金融稳定冒险与普京玩不可预料的懦夫博弈，也许更明智的做法是反思他们所实施的制裁的构成。