Gates Lauds Iran Sanctions, But What Do They Accomplish?
AntiWar
17-Sep-2010 (one comment)

Speaking at the Pentagon Secretary of Defense Robert Gates lauded the UN sanctions against Iran, saying they had been “more effective and more severe” than anyone had expected.

Exactly how this is the case is unclear, as Secretary Gates’ only specific comments were that the sanctions “provided a legal platform” for even harsher sanctions in the future. Yet this is hardly a surprise. What then did the sanctions really accomplish?

Seemingly very little. It appears to have done damage to Iran’s civilian economy, weakened the opposition, and given well connected firms within Iran a number of new business opportunities in circumventing the sanctions.

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mahmoudg

Sanctions are effective, true, but

by mahmoudg on Sat Sep 18, 2010 08:25 AM PDT

Do any one of us think that this regime is going to pack up and leave on its own volition?????????  The only sane way is for surgical attacks becuse at the end of the day, the Islamic Rapists will kill 3 million Iranians, while concentrated surgical attacks will only leave behind 200 K dead (most if not all would be the Basij and pasdars, who are a menace to humanity anyways).  Numbers speak.


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