Sanctions & American Distaste for Wars
QUESTION #1: Why are you always against sanctions on Russia or Iran? WH QUESTION #2: Marty; you said the American people are more often than not anti-war. Was that limited to Vietnam? Paul ANSWER #1: Look, historically sanctions ALWAYS lead to war. Joe Biden imposed sanctions on Russia 10 months BEF
Source: Armstrong Economics
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DW NOTE
Armstrong argues sanctions precede war—and the historical record backs him. The 1941 U.S. oil embargo pushed Japan toward Pearl Harbor. The 1990 sanctions on Iraq preceded Desert Storm by months. The 2003 Iraq sanctions became a pretext for invasion. Iran has lived under sanctions for four decades; Israel now debates striking its nuclear sites. Russia faced sanctions in February 2022; the war started days later. Sanctions are not an alternative to war—they are the diplomatic prologue, the political cover for what comes next when they inevitably fail.