"Sanctions Are a Coward's War"
Simon Jenkins, The Guardian | July 3, 2008
Since the first use of sanctions against Italy in 1935, suspending trade with corrupt regimes has proven to make the poor poorer and the evil richer. ++ Even with supposed success, sanctions were either accompanied by other internal problems (South Africa) or imposed upon a cooperative government (England). ++ In contrast, sanctions against regimes such as Mugabe’s are only levied to boost the reputation of Western companies and politicians, while in actual fact, they destroy one of Zimbabwe’s internal means of resistance: its mercantile class.
Sun, Jul 6th 2008, 07:37
ilyas m mohsin, ppp, Platinum Contributor (250)
Despite the Hullaballoo about democracy, which Mugabe appears to be
running down badly, the real hurt is caused by " The game is changing"; hence "upping the reportoire of sanctions" becomes a must alongwith a dose of media-blitz to cheer up Tesco etc.
Snactions destroy resistance because these are. generally, not propmted by the support of democracy etc; deep down it is private gain for MNC/ the rich and influential as a hang-over of the empire days in Europe. In the case of US, it is purely ' interests' more often. Hence when half million children die in Iraq in 1990s, for Albright it is a price worth paying because it was debited to Iraq.