>This should be your reminder that economic sanctions really does nothing but starve ordinary people to death That's not true. I mean we can look at Russia, wh

>This should be your reminder that economic sanctions really does nothing but starve ordinary people to death That's not true. I mean we can look at Russia, which is currently under the maximum number of sanctions and doesn't seem to have any problems with food. It is leftist regimes, that bear responsibilities for starvation, not sanctions. Food is rather easy to grow (unless the communists forbade it, of course). >strengthens support for it as those enacting the sanctions are (with merit) seen as the enemy. That's also doesn't work in such way. Appearance of new enemies does not lead to the support of the more hostile and dangerous old ones.