"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
The Sanctions Game
Submitted by DP_Thinker on Wed, 2012-10-17 00:00
Congress wants Iran isolated, suffocated, and brought to its knees. It won't work. Too many countries object. They won't go along. Congress and the administration may end up shooting themselves in both feet.
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