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This is true but understated. A third of humanity is subject to some sort of economic sanctions or embargo, which invariably are instituted as some sort of pret
by jessaustin 5y ago
This is true but understated. A third of humanity is subject to some sort of economic sanctions or embargo, which invariably are instituted as some sort of pretext for future war. This costs the global economy some huge amount, but for the specific nations targeted most brutally (Venezuela, Iran, etc.) it leads to many more deaths because medicines and other healthcare supplies cannot be imported.
- FridayoLeary 5y agoIran is led by bloodthirsty dictators. If not for the sanctions they would have likely started wars with half the Middle East. Now they are merely antagonizing half the Middle East.
- jessaustin 5y agoSince apparently it's easy to know what would happen in different hypothetical worlds, I think it would have been better if USA had not overthrown Iran's democratically-elected anti-communist-and-gradually-less-monarchist government in 1953. Even bloodthirsty warhawk Madeleine Albright admitted it: "the coup was clearly a setback for Iran's political development." [0] It was also bad when USA paid Saddam Hussein to instigate a bloody war with Iran, so skipping that would have been a good idea. But we don't have to imagine a different world. Even with Iran's shortfalls in democracy, their leadership is better on most measures than USA's allies in the region Saudi Arabia, UAE, Israel, etc. [0] https://1997-2001.state.gov/statements/2000/000317.html https://1997-2001.state.gov/statements/2000/000317.html
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