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What I disagree with, then what I agree with:
• Diplomacy alone doesn't work with dictators, they take it as permission
• The Iranian regime used the Iran Deal to become more unhinged and aggressive
• Regional talks in a region dominated by dictatorships don't always end well
• Diplomacy alone doesn't work with dictators, they take it as permission
• The Iranian regime used the Iran Deal to become more unhinged and aggressive
• Regional talks in a region dominated by dictatorships don't always end well
Also:
• Europe just won't take the lead
• The very idea of normalizing a brutal theocratic dictatorship such as Iran's regime is ridiculous and offensive
• Europe just won't take the lead
• The very idea of normalizing a brutal theocratic dictatorship such as Iran's regime is ridiculous and offensive
Now, what I agree with:
• Yes, end economic sanctions, they're collective punishment
• Yes, remove the travel ban, it's collective punishment
• Yes for people-to-people exchanges
• Yes to pressure focused on human rights
• Yes, end economic sanctions, they're collective punishment
• Yes, remove the travel ban, it's collective punishment
• Yes for people-to-people exchanges
• Yes to pressure focused on human rights
I'll also add:
• End the hypocrisy of treating MBS as an ally but the Mullas as trouble. Treat them both as trouble
• End the tragedy of punishing people for the actions of the dictators who brutalize them. Support societies, isolate dictators
• End the hypocrisy of treating MBS as an ally but the Mullas as trouble. Treat them both as trouble
• End the tragedy of punishing people for the actions of the dictators who brutalize them. Support societies, isolate dictators
Also:
• More support for Iranian civil society & society in general
• Magnitsky-style targeted sanctions against Iranian regime & IRGC linked figures and businesses
• Create consequences for aggressive actions, but have the strategic patience necessary to empower change
• More support for Iranian civil society & society in general
• Magnitsky-style targeted sanctions against Iranian regime & IRGC linked figures and businesses
• Create consequences for aggressive actions, but have the strategic patience necessary to empower change
And above all:
• Human rights shouldn't be "on the table", they should be the table itself
• Take war off the agenda. It only benefits the region's most violent actors. Including, yes, the Iranian regime and its proxies.
• Human rights shouldn't be "on the table", they should be the table itself
• Take war off the agenda. It only benefits the region's most violent actors. Including, yes, the Iranian regime and its proxies.
