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<blockquote data-quote="donner" data-source="post: 3035666" data-attributes="member: 277"><p>not really. There are lots of people out there who study these very issues, you just have look beyond the general google search (which relies on site ranking). The results you want are there, but they might be 5, 10, 20 pages deep to locate. </p><p></p><p>It's not shaky ground to say that Trump is not the first to use targeted economic sanctions. She just left for an invited talk in Memphis, but i'll see if i can get my wife to pass along some literature for you to read about this very topic. She has studied sanctions (traditional) for years, as well as worked on the affects of targeted military action campaigns on the peace process (think the US bombs your factory so that you put pressure on your BFF to start negotiations with the US). I'm solo parenting today otherwise i'd try to find a few of them for you myself right now.</p><p></p><p>The hard part of economic sanctions, like all sanctions, is that it depends heavily on groups being willing to adhere to them. And not all sanctions are designed to be the heaviest possible, either. It's diplomacy. The US can freeze the assets of someone if they are located in the US, but can't do it in, say, Switzerland unless the Swiss are willing to help. So if a person has their assets spread out to various countries, they can absorb the sanctions more easily than someone who relies heavily on the US banking system. Generally, the more groups that are willing to 'punish' the targeted individuals or state, the more affect they will have. </p><p></p><p>And, much is also dependent on who is being targeted. The more isolated a group or individual is, the more the sanctions will hurt. Going after someone from Russia has potential issues that going after someone in Cuba does not. The Russians have more ability to absorb the sanctions and/or retaliate with sanctions of their own. That sometimes means a more measured approach by the US. </p><p></p><p>Trump does deserves credit for doing it. but it is not the first time it's been done, nor something he gets credit for coming up with. And that does not even begin to discuss Trump's role in escalating the situation unnecessarily with things like his 'rocket man' comments and such.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donner, post: 3035666, member: 277"] not really. There are lots of people out there who study these very issues, you just have look beyond the general google search (which relies on site ranking). The results you want are there, but they might be 5, 10, 20 pages deep to locate. It's not shaky ground to say that Trump is not the first to use targeted economic sanctions. She just left for an invited talk in Memphis, but i'll see if i can get my wife to pass along some literature for you to read about this very topic. She has studied sanctions (traditional) for years, as well as worked on the affects of targeted military action campaigns on the peace process (think the US bombs your factory so that you put pressure on your BFF to start negotiations with the US). I'm solo parenting today otherwise i'd try to find a few of them for you myself right now. The hard part of economic sanctions, like all sanctions, is that it depends heavily on groups being willing to adhere to them. And not all sanctions are designed to be the heaviest possible, either. It's diplomacy. The US can freeze the assets of someone if they are located in the US, but can't do it in, say, Switzerland unless the Swiss are willing to help. So if a person has their assets spread out to various countries, they can absorb the sanctions more easily than someone who relies heavily on the US banking system. Generally, the more groups that are willing to 'punish' the targeted individuals or state, the more affect they will have. And, much is also dependent on who is being targeted. The more isolated a group or individual is, the more the sanctions will hurt. Going after someone from Russia has potential issues that going after someone in Cuba does not. The Russians have more ability to absorb the sanctions and/or retaliate with sanctions of their own. That sometimes means a more measured approach by the US. Trump does deserves credit for doing it. but it is not the first time it's been done, nor something he gets credit for coming up with. And that does not even begin to discuss Trump's role in escalating the situation unnecessarily with things like his 'rocket man' comments and such. [/QUOTE]
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