Sanctions have not done anything to change Cuba or North Korea. However openness has. Just look at what happened when Nixon opened doors to China. Now, China i

Sanctions have not done anything to change Cuba or North Korea. However openness has. Just look at what happened when Nixon opened doors to China. Now, China is no perfect country, but they have become a business partner and opened up a lot more than they would have otherwise. Sanctions actually help the Iranian regime to further hide the population from democratic ideas. The regime in Iran was weakest when Obama gave his speech in Cairo and Iranian had access to internet and other means of communications. You need the population to have access to computers, smart phones etc. and sanctions do the exact opposite.