Yoshie:
Invasion is not in the cards yet. Why not sanction Iran, however?<<<<
Doug:
Because sanctions are a very blunt instrument that can harm, even
kill, lots of innocent people. The business of throwing off the Iranian regime is mainly for Iranians,.<<<< Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
Some Iranian critics of the government do not think so.<<
Doug wrote:
I've had enough of this, and I'm sure just about everyone else has too. Carry on.<
1) Michael, how about banning the word "Iran" from pen-l for the rest of November? 2) if I ran the zoo -- which I don't -- I'd have the US and its allies suddenly and totally remove all current sanctions against Iran (a big bang). That would (a) help the Iranian people; (b) shake up the _status quo_ (which is bad on balance); and (c) end the profits being earned by the black marketeers and smugglers, who I would guess work hand in glove with the mullahocracy. -- Jim Devine / "Mathematics has given economics rigor, but alas, also mortis." -- Robert Heilbroner
