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problem with sanctions is that they work best on small countries with non-diversified economies. It is totally possible to strangle economies like Cuba, Venezue
by hunglee2 4y ago
problem with sanctions is that they work best on small countries with non-diversified economies. It is totally possible to strangle economies like Cuba, Venezuela, and Iran, but each is progressively more difficult to degrade the larger and more sophisticated those economies are. I fear the US has gotten used to applying sanctions at very weak countries and now expect the same results for much stronger ones.
- notlukesky 4y agoI had read read that the US has sanctions on more than 20 percent of the countries of the world. Clearly most of those never mattered or had a potentially adverse future outcome over decades.
- hunglee2 4y agoyes indeed, a lot of US foreign policy seems to be on auto-pilot. Cuba for instance, clearly no threat, yet embargo'ed for 60 years. Til what end? No one has any idea.