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Friday, July 28, 2017

Ron Paul: Trump Should Veto Congress' Foolish New Sanctions Bill

This week’s expected House vote to add more sanctions on Russia, Iran, and North Korea is a prime example of how little thought goes into US foreign policy. Sanctions have become kind of an automatic action the US government takes when it simply doesn’t know what else to do.

No matter what the problem, no matter where on earth it occurs, the answer from Washington is always sanctions. Sanctions are supposed to force governments to change policies and do what Washington tells them or face the wrath of their people. So the goal of sanctions is to make life as miserable as possible for civilians so they will try to overthrow their governments. Foreign leaders and the elites do not suffer under sanctions. This policy would be immoral even if it did work, but it does not.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

So should we remove sanctions from N Korea and Iran then?

Anonymous said...

"Have no fear for Nuclear Proliferation, cause none of us can stop the time."
- Bob Marley