Comments on: Say no to sanctions on Iran. Reason #5: They will ruin our chance for diplomacy. http://blog.peaceactionwest.org/2009/08/14/say-no-to-sanctions-on-iran-reason-5-they-will-ruin-our-chance-for-diplomacy/ Grassroots action for a safer, more just world Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:37:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Committees move forward on Iran sanctions « Groundswell Blog, from Peace Action West http://blog.peaceactionwest.org/2009/08/14/say-no-to-sanctions-on-iran-reason-5-they-will-ruin-our-chance-for-diplomacy/#comment-890 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:52:29 +0000 http://blog.peaceactionwest.org/?p=820#comment-890 [...] Action West has noted the many reasons why the sanctions being proposed are counterproductive, including the fact that they are likely to [...]

]]> By: Frosty Relations with Iran Take Time to Thaw « Groundswell Blog, from Peace Action West http://blog.peaceactionwest.org/2009/08/14/say-no-to-sanctions-on-iran-reason-5-they-will-ruin-our-chance-for-diplomacy/#comment-791 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:32:37 +0000 http://blog.peaceactionwest.org/?p=820#comment-791 [...] Action West’s political director, Rebecca Griffin, has repeatedly written about the many reasons why sanctions on Iran stand no chance of working. Again, in today’s [...]

]]> By: John Bolton is right…and oh so very wrong « Groundswell Blog, from Peace Action West http://blog.peaceactionwest.org/2009/08/14/say-no-to-sanctions-on-iran-reason-5-they-will-ruin-our-chance-for-diplomacy/#comment-701 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:57:18 +0000 http://blog.peaceactionwest.org/?p=820#comment-701 [...] are not a viable middle ground, but a dangerous effort that will likely backfire, and could even bring us closer to the debate Bolton wants us to have. Join us in telling Congress to “can the [...]

]]> By: DESMOND DONNELLY http://blog.peaceactionwest.org/2009/08/14/say-no-to-sanctions-on-iran-reason-5-they-will-ruin-our-chance-for-diplomacy/#comment-665 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:46:37 +0000 http://blog.peaceactionwest.org/?p=820#comment-665 Sanctions will drive the Iranians away from us. Please give Peace a chance and start Talking.
What do we lose by talking?

]]> By: Rebecca Griffin http://blog.peaceactionwest.org/2009/08/14/say-no-to-sanctions-on-iran-reason-5-they-will-ruin-our-chance-for-diplomacy/#comment-658 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:56:53 +0000 http://blog.peaceactionwest.org/?p=820#comment-658 Thomas, it’s definitely true, as I mentioned in another post this series, that the Iranian people are likely to blame the US for their hardship, not their own government, especially when prominent Iranian activists have clearly said they oppose sanctions.

Estelle and Hossein, I agree that it’s definitely time to start negotiating. It’s one approach that we have never tried, even though it’s most likely to bring about results. Now is an important time to show our representatives in Congress that there is public support for building a new and better relationship with Iran.

]]> By: Thomas Thirion http://blog.peaceactionwest.org/2009/08/14/say-no-to-sanctions-on-iran-reason-5-they-will-ruin-our-chance-for-diplomacy/#comment-653 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:23:05 +0000 http://blog.peaceactionwest.org/?p=820#comment-653 Who are we to tell an other nation that they can have no gas, or for that matter food or medical supplies for their people unless they do like we want? Ive read that our sanctions in pre-second war Iraq caused hundreds of thousands children and the poor to go w/o food and medicine and many died. If you want to hurt a nation go after the leaders who started the problem, not the innocent. If you have to sanction the do it w/ weapons and their components agaist their military not heir people. Sometimes it seem like our government goes out of its way to incite terrorism. If you take away a man’s livlihood, starve a man’s children, w/o medices to keep his family well, then give him cause to hate you, justified or not. Enough is enough.

]]> By: Hossein http://blog.peaceactionwest.org/2009/08/14/say-no-to-sanctions-on-iran-reason-5-they-will-ruin-our-chance-for-diplomacy/#comment-652 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:04:55 +0000 http://blog.peaceactionwest.org/?p=820#comment-652 Lets give diplomacy a chance and talk to them they had enough sanctions! from 1959

]]> By: Hossein http://blog.peaceactionwest.org/2009/08/14/say-no-to-sanctions-on-iran-reason-5-they-will-ruin-our-chance-for-diplomacy/#comment-651 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:03:27 +0000 http://blog.peaceactionwest.org/?p=820#comment-651 Sanction is enough lets start talking to them

]]> By: Estelle Solomon http://blog.peaceactionwest.org/2009/08/14/say-no-to-sanctions-on-iran-reason-5-they-will-ruin-our-chance-for-diplomacy/#comment-650 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:37:52 +0000 http://blog.peaceactionwest.org/?p=820#comment-650 this is obviously not a good idea! we need to support the possibility of negotiation & do everything that is needed to insure it’s success

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