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So how do you protest a country without applying their actions to their people? Because ordinarily Americans would never have direct interaction with the state

• ceejayoz 5y ago
  That logic would forbid, say, US sanctions on Iran, Russia, etc.
  • Mikeb85 5y ago
    Read up on the actual sanctions to those countries. Here's Russia: https://www.trade.gov/country-commercial-guides/russia-sanctions https://www.trade.gov/country-commercial-guides/russia-sanct... You can do a lot more business with Russia than what BDS suggests you should do with Israel...
    • ceejayoz 5y ago
      https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/faqs/topic/1556 https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/... > Can U.S. persons do business with entities in North Korea? > No. Unless authorized pursuant to a general or specific license from OFAC and/or BIS, Executive Order (E.O.) 13722 prohibits new investment in North Korea by a U.S. person and the exportation or reexportation, from the United States, or by a U.S. person, of any goods, services, or technology to North Korea. E.O. 13810 (“Imposing Additional Sanctions with Respect to North Korea”) does not modify any of those prohibitions. It's quite clear a) that national origin is a protected class and b) that a) does not mean it's illegal to target a nation-state.
      • Mikeb85 5y ago
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