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Sanctions are a non-violent escape valve for realpolitik. Taking sanctions of the table makes hot wars more likely.
by fluidcruft 12y ago
Sanctions are a non-violent escape valve for realpolitik. Taking sanctions of the table makes hot wars more likely.
- aminok 12y agoThe Iraq sanctions didn't prevent the Iraq war. Sanctions are the staging ground for war. They eliminate domestic stakeholders in the enemy country, reducing domestic opposition to a hot war.