September 25, 2007
Sanctions: The new black
One of the big criticisms of the embargo (not the only one, I know) is that we do business and engage other terrible regimes. Whether it's Myanmar or Iran, it seems that sanctions are becoming fashionable again.
I say good. Perhaps the U.S. will finally take the lead in keeping the pressure on all oppressive regimes. I think the American people are hungry for the types of reforms that President Bush envisions for the United Nations. Otherwise do away with the whole thing and start again as a Democracies-only club. Nothing good can come from a situation in which the inmates are running the asylum.
And before you send me an email telling me about how you can travel freely to Iran, keep this in mind: sanctions are punitive measures. I don't know what percentage of Iran's GDP comes from tourism, but I'm betting it's nothing close to what it represents to Cuba.
Posted by Henry Louis Gomez at September 25, 2007 11:26 PM
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I say Sanction all those regimes and do away with the U.N.
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at September 26, 2007 12:08 AM
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