I have noticed that punitive sanctions rarely (perhaps never) seem to work as intended, rarely hurt dictators or corrupt governments, and actually seem to entrench them by creating an "us against them" mentality within the sanctioned countries population and severely damage the middle-class of the sanctioned country. I am one who believes that a solid middle class is an indicator of a country’s over all health.
I wanted to know A) what was the council’s opinion on sanctions and B) due to this countries use of sanctions in place of conflicts or in conjunction with conflicts, was this a subject that warranted some extra research and a blog posting?
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