Bring On The Sanctions
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Great news! Iran is still leading us toward the next World War! They refused the package of incentives the UN offered for them to give up nuclear enrichment, offering instead a meaningless counter-proposal. So bring on the sanctions, baby!
Diplomats say that sanctions could include a ban on the sale of missile and nuclear technology to Iran, international refusal to grant entry visas to people involved in Iran’s nuclear programme and a freeze of their assets, and a ban on investment in the country.
Um, excuse me? Those are the sanctions? They don’t exactly sound like the kind of sanctions that could bring Iran to its knees. I mean, first of all, Iran buys missiles from North Korea (or maybe it’s the other way around, I forget), and something tells me North Korea isn’t going to abide by any UN sanctions. And seeing as how they’re building their own nuclear stuff, I’m not quite clear on how banning the sale of nuclear technology to them is going to do any good.
I guess the freezing of assets and the ban on investment would hurt some, but it doesn’t sound very impressive. I’m trying to imagine how these kinds of sanctions would have worked against Germany or Japan in the 1930s, and I’m just not seeing it. Hopefully I’m just being pessimistic.
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