North Korea doesn't have an economy. Russia does, but it's shrinking and we stuck sanctions on all the banks (except the big one, since god forbid we actually suffer a bit to make them suffer). As I said, Putin's sitting just fine. But there have to be some Russian financiers and CEOs getting worried. -- It really may not matter to Israel. They get what weapons they need from us anyway, and are continuing to do so. Crazy hypothetical for fun: Israel continues to piss the world off so much that the bad/good Gaza polls of the American people swing even farther toward Palestine. At what point does the 2016 election have a (small) anti-Israel component to it? Would that seriously cost that candidate too much money to even consider it?Isolation never hurts leaders. Take a look at North Korea.