US sanctions are crimes against humanity, however there are no serious challenges to these policies in official Washington, nor in the MSM. The Political Left is demoralized and defeated, so the Neo-con inmates in charge of the asylum have free reign, for now.
The only bit of optimism I have that this will change in time is that the US has now reached ‘Peak Empire.’ With skyrocketing federal deficits and trade deficits, and skyrocketing costs to maintain our overextended militarized empire—especially in the face of a rising China, now in de facto alliance with Russia—the math no longer works. This will take some time but not as much as one might think. Imperial decline is non-linear, slowly at first, then all at once.
Sanctions can put a break on a country's growth in military power by damaging its economy, but the downside is that sanctions also hurt civilians. I think sanctions may still be justified in some cases, but in the case of Cuba and Venezuela, these countries will never be military rivals of the U.S., so what's the point?
US sanctions are crimes against humanity, however there are no serious challenges to these policies in official Washington, nor in the MSM. The Political Left is demoralized and defeated, so the Neo-con inmates in charge of the asylum have free reign, for now.
The only bit of optimism I have that this will change in time is that the US has now reached ‘Peak Empire.’ With skyrocketing federal deficits and trade deficits, and skyrocketing costs to maintain our overextended militarized empire—especially in the face of a rising China, now in de facto alliance with Russia—the math no longer works. This will take some time but not as much as one might think. Imperial decline is non-linear, slowly at first, then all at once.
Sanctions can put a break on a country's growth in military power by damaging its economy, but the downside is that sanctions also hurt civilians. I think sanctions may still be justified in some cases, but in the case of Cuba and Venezuela, these countries will never be military rivals of the U.S., so what's the point?