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I may hold an extreme position here. I believe sanction is always a bad idea. I grew up in a formerly sanctioned country, Vietnam. Life was rough for normal peo
by dnprock 7y ago
I may hold an extreme position here. I believe sanction is always a bad idea. I grew up in a formerly sanctioned country, Vietnam. Life was rough for normal people. They become increasingly attached to their sanctioned regime. The US sanctioned Vietnam mainly because it took down a genocidal regime. Sanction is not an effective tool for change.
The right way to move the world forward is to lead by example, to become the society that other countries want to emulate.
- sebow 7y agoSanctions may be harsh but they're effective.That always has been the case and will (always sounds presumptious) be for a long time. It's sad but it is a reality.Thankfully if we look at history it is less and less applied(as conflicts are declining, in general) What i would say that is that sanctions themselves do not have the mission of "change", they're only meant to enable change.Leading by example is indeed the right(and kind of the only) way of change.But to reach that without straight-up violence is very hard and slow.