The Problem with Sanctions: Feel Good Versus Effective Policy
(WorldNews Iran)

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo traveled to Colombia to strike a Reaganesque pose when he called on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to open a bridge to allow item of humanitarian aid. The effort fell flat. The bridge didn´t offer much of a backdrop, certainly not one comparable to the Berlin Wall, where President Ronald Reagan memorably urged Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to `Tear down this wall.` Moreover, Maduro didn´t pay the slightest notice to Pompeo. In contrast, Gorbachev almost certainly took note of Reagan. After all, the former had begun dismantling the totalitarian system´s worst oppressions. Indeed, in the end Gorbachev essentially did as asked by simply announcing that the...