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0 pointsbeshrkayali5y ago0 comments

> Massive effect, causes lots of poverty and pain for the populace but that's on purpose

This is what I'm talking about. Even if I'm to agree with the purpose of the requested change, does it justify the means by which it's being procured?

Trump may have screwed it up even more, but sanctions of the second kind have been introduced on countries like Iran or Syria since the mid-80s afaik. No major change happened, but the idea of knowingly use the population of another country to pressure their government which is known to not be chosen democratically is basically a form of hostage situation, and is immoral imho.

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vorpalhex5y ago

The alternatives:

1. Bomb them back into the stone age. That would kill a whole bunch of people, who as you point out are basically held hostage by their government and don't get much choice in the matter. It'd also permanently wreck their economy and infrastructure, cost lives on both sides, and usually has follow on effects.

2. Do nothing and allow things like funding terrorism, selling arms, committing atrocities, etc. You would know these things are going on, and therefore be allowing them to happen, and these things would probably be happening to your own people and allies.

Which one would you rather take?

beshrkayaliOP5y ago

These are not the only options.

Funding of terrorism is still happening now, and their support is being funnelled through countries that are not under any economic restrictions, some even have good relations with US, like KSA. For example, most official fundamental/terroristic TV channels/groups are based there. Most shell companies used by oppressing regimes in MidEast are in the UAE.

nolok5y ago

I don't understand your comment as the countries you list are not under sanctions like the ones described.

"doing this to entity X stop that from entity X" "no, look, here is another entity Y where didn't do this, and it still does that"

If anything your comment implies we should sanction all of these countries too.

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