The Sadism of Sanctions Advocates

Imposing still more sanctions to make them even more “painful” is not a serious proposal. It is sadism masquerading as policy.

Haaretz reports that the Israeli government asked the Biden administration to impose even more sanctions on Iran if the talks in Vienna aren’t successful:

Ahead of the meeting between the advisors, sources said that Israel wants the Americans to levy significant and "painful" sanctions [bold mine-DL] on Iran if it does not sign the deal.

This is intended …