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Originally posted by Alexandria@Aug 20 2004, 07:18 AM
I think we need to push for more flexibility and understanding of other nations when we choose to put sanctions on a country. The first time I think I heard about sanctions was when I was a little girl. South Africa had apartheid at the time. The rest of the world chose sanctions against South Africa instead of war. As country after country refused to do business with them, they began to change the way things worked. This era was also greatly influenced by de Klerk and Mandela. I don't know if these sanctions helped or if it would have ended anyway, but this is the only example I can think of where sanctions might have actually worked.
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South Africa was a
democracy and not a dictatorship . There was no strong man with a bunch of followers putting guns to everyone else's head telling them to like it. Granted SA was not all inclusive democracy
but it was one that worked on the free market system nontheless. Sanctions basically hit them where it hurt the most and they were forced to change.