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US sanctions in a time of coronavirus are morally depraved as well as illegal under international law.
While the United States is fighting COVID-19 here at home, U.S. sanctions against other governments are aiding the virus’s spread abroad. They’ve already likely contributed to many unnecessary deaths in Iran, and Venezuela’s experience with the pandemic may also be much more deadly due to these punitive measures.
U.S. sanctions against Iran make it difficult for the country to obtain medical supplies, sanitation equipment, and other goods we now know are necessary to slow the virus’ spread. The sanctions do not directly target medical supplies, but they reduce Iran’s ability to pay for them.
Pompeo bragged that as a result of the sanctions, “things are much worse for the Iranian people, and we are convinced that will lead the Iranian people to rise up and change the behavior of the regime.”
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/u...as-illegal-under-international-law-2020-04-06
US "allies" are thrown under the bus:-
The US has been accused of “modern piracy” after reportedly diverting a shipment of masks intended for the German police, and outbidding other countries in the increasingly fraught global market for coronavirus protective equipment.
3M said the administration had also told the company to stop exporting masks from US production sites to Canada and Latin America. The company said the demand raises “significant humanitarian implications” from stopping shipments intended for healthcare workers, and warned it would backfire by triggering retaliation from other countries.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/03/mask-wars-coronavirus-outbidding-demand
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& finaly the true face of America:-
While the United States is fighting COVID-19 here at home, U.S. sanctions against other governments are aiding the virus’s spread abroad. They’ve already likely contributed to many unnecessary deaths in Iran, and Venezuela’s experience with the pandemic may also be much more deadly due to these punitive measures.
U.S. sanctions against Iran make it difficult for the country to obtain medical supplies, sanitation equipment, and other goods we now know are necessary to slow the virus’ spread. The sanctions do not directly target medical supplies, but they reduce Iran’s ability to pay for them.
Pompeo bragged that as a result of the sanctions, “things are much worse for the Iranian people, and we are convinced that will lead the Iranian people to rise up and change the behavior of the regime.”
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/u...as-illegal-under-international-law-2020-04-06
US "allies" are thrown under the bus:-
The US has been accused of “modern piracy” after reportedly diverting a shipment of masks intended for the German police, and outbidding other countries in the increasingly fraught global market for coronavirus protective equipment.
3M said the administration had also told the company to stop exporting masks from US production sites to Canada and Latin America. The company said the demand raises “significant humanitarian implications” from stopping shipments intended for healthcare workers, and warned it would backfire by triggering retaliation from other countries.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/03/mask-wars-coronavirus-outbidding-demand
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& finaly the true face of America:-
