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SANCTIONS SUCCEED — EXAMPLES ABOUND

UNILATERAL ECONOMIC SANCTIONS HAVE KEPT COUNTRIES LIKE IRAQ AND SYRIA FROM ATTACKING THE USA ALREADY

Jesse Helms; Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Foreign Affairs January, 1999 / February, 1999; Pg. 2 HEADLINE: What Sanctions Epidemic?; U.S. Business' Curious Crusade //lnu-acs

Critics respond that sanctions have failed to bring down regimes in Iraq, Iran, Syria, Sudan, Libya, and Cuba. Perhaps -- but they have effectively contained the Saddam Husseins, Mu'ammar al-Qadhafis, and Hafiz al-Asads of the world. Without sanctions, Saddam would now be threatening the world with VX missiles, Qadhafi would be blowing up U.S. passenger planes, and Asad would be planning terrorist operations against U.S. citizens. If this policy represents failure, it beats capitulation any day.

SANCTIONS HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL AGAINST BURMA

Aryeh Neier, president of the Open Society Institute. January 28, 2001, The New York Times SECTION: Section 4; Page 15; HEADLINE: Sanctions Are a Weapon We Need //VT2002acsln

There is evidence that sanctions are finally having an effect on one of the most abusive governments in the world: the ruling forces in Burma, now called Myanmar by the military junta. At long last, the junta has entered into negotiations with Aung San Suu Kyi, the opposition leader. Sanctions, including a prohibition on new investments and a visa ban for members of the Burmese military, were the way the international community, led by the United States, brought pressure on the regime.

SANCTIONS ARE A LONG TERM SOLUTION, AS WITH SOUTH AFRICA

Aryeh Neier, president of the Open Society Institute. January 28, 2001, The New York Times SECTION: Section 4; Page 15; HEADLINE: Sanctions Are a Weapon We Need //VT2002acsln

By their nature, sanctions take a long time to have an effect, though not always as long as in the case of Myanmar, where various sanctions have been in place for a dozen years. The best known example of using sanctions to promote human rights, of course, was their application in South Africa. Sanctions, in combination with a boycott of South Africa in international sports events, caused the country to confront its international isolation, ultimately leading President F. W. de Klerk's government to release Nelson Mandela from prison and negotiate the adoption of a new constitution.

ECOMOMIC SANCTIONS AGAINST CUBA HAVE LED TO THE DEMOCRATIZATION OF THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE, AND IF WE CONTINUE THEM THERE WILL BE A DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION IN CUBA

Jesse Helms; Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Foreign Affairs January, 1999 / February, 1999; Pg. 2 HEADLINE: What Sanctions Epidemic?; U.S. Business' Curious Crusade //lnu-acs

As for Cuba, until 1991 the U.S. embargo was offset by $ 5 billion to $ 7 billion in Soviet subsidies. Only without them has the embargo begun to take a toll on Castro's regime. The moment the embargo kicked in, Castro's efforts to finance Marxist insurgencies stopped, allowing the nearly complete democratic transformation of the western hemisphere. Castro's regime is teetering; unless America gives up its leverage by unconditionally lifting the embargo, his successors will be anxious to exchange normalized relations with the United States for a democratic transition in Cuba.