You are wrong, bro.
Sanctions are always damaging. Right now, sanctions have damaged Russian economy to some extent; it has fallen from 9th position to 13th position on the economic front in a span of a year or two.
Pakistan was in a bad shape during the period of sanctions. While Pakistan did not compromise much on its defensive needs, its progress in other areas suffered. Besides, Pakistan wasn't in a good shape even on the defensive front during the period of sanctions; Kargil conflict exposed this fact.
Pakistan needs to become a trillion dollar economy to grow such a spine, bro.
US is not internationally isolated, bro. Truth is that Pakistan doesn't have many friends in the geo-political arena. Pakistan has to increasingly rely on China for its internal and external matters.
If US is not isolated at all, than why is that it failed in Syria completely? Why is it that no one backed US on Syria's issue? I am talking about the NATO allays. As far as Pakistan is concerned, Pakistan has more friends than foes, more than you can even think about, for that you will have to understand the parameter of different kind of relations, with different states. People might think that Pakistan doesn't have a good realtions with Arab world, but contrary to this thoughts of the world the reality is that Pakistan relations with Arab world are more stronger now a days than they ever were. A good example is this joint excercise between the two Countries, i-e Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia initiate counterterrorism drill
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, one of the most powerful figures in the European Union, signaled Monday that she wanted to hold off on sanctions while pursuing a diplomatic solution to the Ukrainian crisis, not one based on the asset freezes, visa bans, and other punitive measures Kerry outlined during his appearance on "Meet the Press." Merkel’s government instead favors direct talks with Moscow and the deployment of international monitors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, or OSCE, which would establish facts on the ground in Ukraine with the aim of assuring Moscow that the rights of ethnic Russians were being respected.
U.S. Increasingly Isolated On Russia Sanctions | Foreign Policy
And please if you are a reader, I recommend you read this book "
National Insecurity, American Leadership in an age of fear".
Failing economy? No, bro. US is still the largest economic power in the world and is likely to retain this position in the near future.
The last thing Wall Street is thinking about is aneconomic collapse in 2015. After all, the stock markets are at record highs, unemployment is down, and inflation is in check. But the fact of the matter is that these same indicators were also in check before the markets crashed in 1987, 2000, and 2008/09. Back in 2008/09, everyone on Wall Street, save for Michael Lombardi and Peter Schiff, was absolutely certain that the U.S. economy was the envy of the world and that it was rock solid. But we all know what happened. And if history is any indicator, it will happen again. By the looks of things, the U.S. could experience an economic collapse in 2015 and slip back into a recession. Or worse.
Economic Collapse Headed for U.S. in 2015, U.S. Economic Collapse 2015
One of the journalist interviewed several bearish economists and investment advisers who have been screaming of economic apocalypse every step of the way since the bull market started in 2009. They contended the economic recovery since 2009 has been fabricated by massive government debt and money printing, also known as quantitative easing. The mountains of money created out of thin air will skyrocket inflation, which will eventually cripple the economy, they said. Everyone should buy gold and silver — the only real store of value when the U.S. dollar loses value owing to the onslaught of money supply. Pakistan's geo-political influence is [regional], and it is not in the position to dictate its terms at global stage due to its poor economic situation. If Pakistan is demanding a Civil-Nuclear deal from US, it has to compromise on its interests to some extent.
