Déjà vu - The madness of it all
There is no obvious rational for the placing of sanctions on Iran. Hell will freeze over before they work. This reminds me of the madness of invading Iraq in 2003. What did Saddam have to do with events of 9/11? Why was suddenly more of a threat that a few years earlier. Would not the consequences of invasion be awful for everyone involved?
Same points here:
Faulty Rational:
If the ostensible reason for sanctions is to prevent or inhibit the development of nuclear technology it will not work.
Negative Consequences:
Imposing sanctions on Iran will just make them even more intransigent and even more determined to develop nuclear technology.
Perhaps we should engage Iran in meaningful dialog? Yes clearly they are adversaries as of right now. But we did engage the USSR during the cold war. Yes, it does seem quite obvious that they are pursuing nuclear weapons - however we need to consider what is realistic in that regard.
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Why the hell does anyone bother with sanctions on Iran?
I do not understand why anyone is advocating placing sanctions on Iran. The regime is hell bent on ignoring them. The population by large margins supports the use of nuclear technology. Sanctions have the effect of bolstering the popularity of the regime. Is this a game as a pretext to later bomb Iran? By using sanctions when they are quite clearly impotent one devalues their importance. It also makes the average Iranian suffer enormously. So why is it morally acceptable to impose sanctions?
I do not understand why anyone is advocating placing sanctions on Iran. The regime is hell bent on ignoring them. The population by large margins supports the use of nuclear technology. Sanctions have the effect of bolstering the popularity of the regime. Is this a game as a pretext to later bomb Iran? By using sanctions when they are quite clearly impotent one devalues their importance. It also makes the average Iranian suffer enormously. So why is it morally acceptable to impose sanctions?
Private Consciousness Raising
We have all have heard of those times in the late 70s and early 80s when a bunch of women would discuss and discuss and somehow from it all they would alter their perceptions, their consciousness and their sensibilities. But what if it could be done be done alone – by consideration alone. And then one communicates that social change to others. Now x is wrong, not right. Y is ambiguous and no longer certain. And that arcane subject other yonder is of paramount importance. But no-one has heard of the discussion leading to such change. The new purveyor of such new ideas is utterly alone. Such a situation opens itself to ridicule. And such pain…
We have all have heard of those times in the late 70s and early 80s when a bunch of women would discuss and discuss and somehow from it all they would alter their perceptions, their consciousness and their sensibilities. But what if it could be done be done alone – by consideration alone. And then one communicates that social change to others. Now x is wrong, not right. Y is ambiguous and no longer certain. And that arcane subject other yonder is of paramount importance. But no-one has heard of the discussion leading to such change. The new purveyor of such new ideas is utterly alone. Such a situation opens itself to ridicule. And such pain…
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