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> Yet, that didn't make us ease sanctions significantly. Did it? One could equally flip that. Did famines and sanctions make them our allies? No, it hasn't.
by maerF0x0 5y ago
> Yet, that didn't make us ease sanctions significantly. Did it?
One could equally flip that. Did famines and sanctions make them our allies? No, it hasn't.
- jopsen 5y agoAbsolutely, that's tragedy of it. Sanctions won't make them surrender, or make them our friends. It'll just make the poor. The only good thing sanctions against North Korea did was: 1. Make their army poorly maintained, 2. Discourage others from doing similar tricks. I'm not even sure we were successful at (2).