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Israel vs. Regional Adversary (Iran, Iraq, Libya, Syria)
Proponents Say: Increase
Diplomatic and Economic Pressure.
- Intensify economic sanctions against Iran,
Libya, and Syria until they abandon
their WMD and missile programs.
Opponents Say: Unilateral Sanctions Will Not Be Effective.
- For the United States to impose sanctions alone does little good. Other
countries will simply supply goods to these countries that the United States
has embargoed. The United States has not been able to gain the support of
other advanced countries to cut off trade with Iran, Libya, and Syria, despite
their support for international terrorism and their WMD and missile programs.
For other supplier countries, the lure of business and other political considerations
are too great. Internationally accepted sanctions, such as on Libya,
were imposed for a specific reason. Once the conditions were met, the sanctions
were dropped.
The United States alone uses sanctions frequently as a foreign policy tool.
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