By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers
January 14, 2020 "Information
Clearing House" -
The United States is relying more heavily on
illegal unilateral coercive measures (also
known as economic sanctions) in place of war
or as part of its build-up to war. In fact,
economic sanctions are an act of war that
kills tens of thousands of people each year
through financial strangulation. An economic
blockade places a country under siege.
A recent example is the increase in
economic measures being imposed against
Iran, which many viewed as more acceptable
than a military attack. In response to Iran
retaliating for the assassination of General
Qassem Soleimani and seven other people,
Iran used ballistic missiles to strike two
bases in Iraq that house US troops.
President Trump responded by saying he would
impose more sanctions on Iran. Then he ended
his comments by urging peace negotiations
with Iran. The United States needs to
understand there will be no negotiations
with Iran until the US lifts sanctions that
seek to destroy the Iranian economy and turn
the people against their government.
The sanctions on Iran have been in place
since the 1979 Iranian Revolution, which
made that country independent of the United
States. Iran is not the only country being
sanctioned by the United States. Samuel
Moncada, the Venezuelan ambassador to the
United Nations, speaking to the summit of
the Non-Aligned Movement of 120 nations on
October 26, 2019, denounced the imposition
of sanctions by the US, as “economic
terrorism which
affects a third of humanity with more than
8,000 measures in 39 countries.”
