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'''Economic sanctions''' are commercial and financial penalties applied by governments against another government, group, or an individual. They are a form of warfare, similar to siege warfare.<ref>{{News citation|journalist=Jacob G. Hornberger|date=2022-03-11|title=Sanctions Kill Innocent People and Also Destroy Our Liberty|url=https://www.fff.org/2022/03/11/sanctions-kill-innocent-people-and-also-destroy-our-liberty/|newspaper=The Future for Freedom Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{News citation|journalist=[[Eva Bartlett]]|date=2020-04-14|title=SANCTIONS KILL PEOPLE|newspaper=[[Popular Resistance]], [[RT]]}}</ref>
'''Economic sanctions''' are commercial and financial penalties applied by governments against another government, group, or an individual. They are a form of warfare, similar to siege warfare.<ref>{{News citation|journalist=Jacob G. Hornberger|date=2022-03-11|title=Sanctions Kill Innocent People and Also Destroy Our Liberty|url=https://www.fff.org/2022/03/11/sanctions-kill-innocent-people-and-also-destroy-our-liberty/|newspaper=The Future for Freedom Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{News citation|journalist=[[Eva Bartlett]]|date=2020-04-14|title=SANCTIONS KILL PEOPLE|newspaper=[[Popular Resistance]], [[RT]]}}</ref>


The outcome of economic sanctions is mass suffering and death amongst the targeted population.<ref>@inspektorbucket on [[Twitter]]: [https://twitter.com/inspektorbucket/status/1507787302445228034?s=20&t=raoe2_FM6g6sEqHanC0A-g "Something to keep in mind: dead children are not an unfortunate side-effect of economic sanctions, but are in fact the goal"]</ref>
The outcome of economic sanctions is mass suffering and death amongst the targeted population.<ref>@inspektorbucket on [[Twitter]]: [https://twitter.com/inspektorbucket/status/1507787302445228034?s=20&t=raoe2_FM6g6sEqHanC0A-g "Something to keep in mind: dead children are not an unfortunate side-effect of economic sanctions, but are in fact the goal"]</ref><ref>{{Citation|author=Nicholas Mulder|title=The Economic Weapon: The Rise of Sanctions as a Tool of Modern War}}</ref>


When asked about half a million Iraqi children who died due to US sanctions, Madeleine Albright said in 1996, "the price was worth it."<ref>@nickwestes on [[Twitter]]: [https://twitter.com/nickwestes/status/1506754872187576320?s=20&t=raoe2_FM6g6sEqHanC0A-g "When asked about half a million Iraqi children who died of US sanctions, Madeleine Albright said in 1996, "the price was worth it." The former Secretary of State was never brought to justice. Today, the US sanctions about a third of the world's population."]</ref>
When asked about half a million Iraqi children who died due to US sanctions, Madeleine Albright said in 1996, "the price was worth it."<ref>@nickwestes on [[Twitter]]: [https://twitter.com/nickwestes/status/1506754872187576320?s=20&t=raoe2_FM6g6sEqHanC0A-g "When asked about half a million Iraqi children who died of US sanctions, Madeleine Albright said in 1996, "the price was worth it." The former Secretary of State was never brought to justice. Today, the US sanctions about a third of the world's population."]</ref>


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Revision as of 01:28, 28 March 2022

Economic sanctions are commercial and financial penalties applied by governments against another government, group, or an individual. They are a form of warfare, similar to siege warfare.[1][2]

The outcome of economic sanctions is mass suffering and death amongst the targeted population.[3][4]

When asked about half a million Iraqi children who died due to US sanctions, Madeleine Albright said in 1996, "the price was worth it."[5]

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