It seems , relative to sanctions, The United States has behaved like any inconsistent parent who plays favorites and confuses the children totally on issues of trust. The BBC, in an article stating the US sanctions are riddled with loopholes, puts the blame on lobbyists.."A New York Times report found evidence of US firms trading legally with blacklisted countries such as Iran.Loopholes and exemptions were exploited in a trade worth billions of dollars." Furthermore, the NY Times goes on to say that in the last decade, more than ten thousand license to violate the sanction rules have been given due to lobbying groups.
Written here, "At the behest of a host of companies — from Kraft Food and Pepsi to some of the nation’s largest banks — a little-known office of the Treasury Department has granted nearly 10,000 licenses for deals involving countries that have been cast into economic purgatory, beyond the reach of American business." Is there much more for this country to have to see revealed to know that the Republicans in the past administration did not have our country's best interest at heart, just as they do not at present with their demands for lowering taxes for the richest and the Robert's court allowing foreign corporations to influence our elections.
I grant that the Democrats cannot clean the Aegean stables in only a couple of years, but it is time that perhaps the current administration take charge of this gross statement it is making to the rest of the world.
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