Simon Tisdall says sanctions can be effective, but only to a certain extent. South africa did not fall because of sanctions - it changed its mind within the ruling elite. But either way, i don't know of any dictator that's fallen because he's been made poor by the outside world. If we allow them to do what they're planning to do, then we will end up in a terrible, terrible place. And our national security interests are at stake.

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