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TheState
12-06-2010, 01:54 PM
They just had a discussion on CNBC about it. Please vote in their poll below.

hxxp://www.cnbc.com/id/40530756
Elwar
12-06-2010, 01:59 PM
If by "work" they mean...do they work in getting a country to go to war against you..then yes.
dannno
12-06-2010, 02:03 PM
They work if your goal is to kill people and start conflicts :confused:
dannno
12-06-2010, 02:04 PM
The actual question is:

Are sanctions a good way to stop a country from doing something?

Obviously the answer is no, here are the results:

Yes
28%

No
72%

Total Votes: 330
specsaregood
12-06-2010, 02:12 PM
Sure they do, just look at cuba!
Sola_Fide
12-06-2010, 02:16 PM
Sanctions are great....for causing the deaths of innocent people who just happen to be ruled by people we don't like at the time...
jmdrake
12-06-2010, 02:46 PM
Did they work in South Africa?

Edit: Come to think of it, those weren't sanctions as much as they were popular international boycotts. I seem to recall the Reagan administration sticking to the "sanctions don't work" meme when talking about South Africa, while applying sanctions to Cuba.