re: Is there a single instance where sanctions worked?

A few months back the UN etc got tired of the warlord leadership in some african shathole, stealing the free grain and then charging the starving populace for it. So they said we will stop shipping and the warlords said okey dokey let em starve.

A week later they said they will resume shipments....but only to women and children. Well if you couldnt control it in the first place how are you now going to target market it....oh nevermind.

I remember its the same strategy of giving iran the money we were holding as long as its used for humanitarian aid and will will use Qatar to monitor it....but isnt that the country that is wining and dining hamas...oh nevermind.

But we are doing the sensible thing and using Russia to negotiate the nuke deal between us and Iran.......seriously we were using Russia as a mediator.