• SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Sanctions have been used many times since Cuba with varying success.

    I’d say this situation calls for them to protect other innocent civilians.

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      4 months ago

      Varying success politically, yes. But it always damages innocent civilians.

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          4 months ago

          An arms embargo restricts weapons sales and the like. Sanctions are designed to harm civilians. Suffering is the point. The (typically incorrect) idea is that suffering people will force political change. But again, that has rarely happened. People just end up suffering.