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Why would @CAIRNational support sanctioning 17 million more Muslims?
The US #Sanctions are designed to keep #Syria in ruins and to stop reconstruction of the country, and stop foreign investment.
There is no U.S. plan to get rid of Assad or his security state.
This bill… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
The US #Sanctions are designed to keep #Syria in ruins and to stop reconstruction of the country, and stop foreign investment.
There is no U.S. plan to get rid of Assad or his security state.
This bill… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
To understand what's wrong with this bill you have to put it in the context of our current (failed) policy on #Syria
This two minute explanation by Dana Stroul gives a good summary of the policy
As Sproul says, the Assad-controlled areas of Syria are… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
This two minute explanation by Dana Stroul gives a good summary of the policy
As Sproul says, the Assad-controlled areas of Syria are… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
As Joel Rayburn explained: US sanctions immiserate average Syrians because the Caesar Act "lowered the bar" for imposing them.
"With sanctions, oftentimes there can be a very high hurdle for the evidence that you have to gather in order to prove legal sufficiency under certain… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
"With sanctions, oftentimes there can be a very high hurdle for the evidence that you have to gather in order to prove legal sufficiency under certain… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
2) To occupy the one-third of Syria containing oil and gas resources with U.S. troops, and to prevent these resources from being accessed by the Assad regime.
This is a necessary adjunct to preventing economic reconstruction, since if the regime had control of these resources
This is a necessary adjunct to preventing economic reconstruction, since if the regime had control of these resources
it could supply power to the civilian economy & infrastructure as well as trade the oil for other resources
3) To prevent any normalization of relations between Syria and neighboring countries. Again, this is a necessary adjunct to keeping Assad-controlled areas as "rubble"
3) To prevent any normalization of relations between Syria and neighboring countries. Again, this is a necessary adjunct to keeping Assad-controlled areas as "rubble"
It prevents any normal civilian economy from emerging. If relations are normalized, economic interaction and investment can occur.
What is happening now is that the surrounding countries are getting sick of this policy and its regional side effects.
What is happening now is that the surrounding countries are getting sick of this policy and its regional side effects.
These side effects include continuing refugee flows, Assad making money through illegal means (i.e. drug dealing) in part because legal reconstruction is cut off, and the constant state of conflict in Syria.
What this bill does is respond to the Arab effort to deal with the situation by saying "No! You may not like our policy, but we're going to do it harder!".
It doubles down on sanctions in an attempt to assert U.S. authority over all of Syria's neighbors.
They have to comply… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
It doubles down on sanctions in an attempt to assert U.S. authority over all of Syria's neighbors.
They have to comply… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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