http://dagblog.com/link/bankruptcy-coercive-policies-34846 Comments for "The Bankruptcy of Coercive Policies" en http://dagblog.com/comment/312129#comment-312129 <a id="comment-312129"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/bankruptcy-coercive-policies-34846">The Bankruptcy of Coercive Policies</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>an example of Biden for quashing sanctions, Ted Cruz and friends for them and furthermore blackmailing by holding up confirmations for Biden staff:</p> <p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">The pipeline has become a lightning rod issue for some members, with Republican Sen. Ted Cruz holding up the confirmation of a slate of Biden foreign-policy nominees to try to compel the administration to impose further sanctions on the pipeline. <a href="https://t.co/vz6ZmnyCrM">https://t.co/vz6ZmnyCrM</a></p> — Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) <a href="https://twitter.com/ForeignPolicy/status/1463726644410081285?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 25, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div>   </div></div></div> Thu, 25 Nov 2021 04:42:10 +0000 artappraiser comment 312129 at http://dagblog.com http://dagblog.com/comment/312102#comment-312102 <a id="comment-312102"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/bankruptcy-coercive-policies-34846">The Bankruptcy of Coercive Policies</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Daniel says do less</p> <p>A lot of claims and moral advice, not many examples.</p> <p>Sanctions worked on the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, by the way. I imagine i can find more recent examples (tho the examples from Iraq show more success than rumored, Bush just ran over the success)</p> </div></div></div> Wed, 24 Nov 2021 10:04:06 +0000 PeraclesPlease comment 312102 at http://dagblog.com