"To what purpose are powers limited, and to what purpose is that limitation committed to writing,
if these limits may, at any time, be passed by those intended to be restrained?"
-- Chief Justice John Marshall, Marbury v. Madison, 1803

The Success of Sanctions

by Lee

Want to know how wonderfully sanctions work as a deterrent?  Take a look at this.

But Anoush Ehtesami, professor of international relations at Britain’s University of Durham, said some in [Iran’s] military were keen to leave the [Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty] to follow Pakistan’s and India’s example.

“The lesson Iran has learned...is that you can have a clandestine program, and when you complete it you declare your nuclear status and after a little period of economic sanctions the world moves on,” he told the BBC.

So, as I said yesterday, since the use of force has ostensibly been removed from the table, I’m dying to know just exactly how seriously the UNSC is going to take non-compliance by Iran.  My guess is not very seriously at all.  They appeasers and hand-wringers will wail and moan, but that will be it, thus proving how bankrupt, inept, and utterly useless the United Nations really is.

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