Sanctions are jingoistic baloney.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/24/mike-pompeo-us-saudi-arabia-talks-iran-united-arab-emirates-tensions

Trump orders fresh sanctions against Iran's Ali Khamenei

The arrogance and conceit of some American Presidents is breath taking.

"We will bomb them back to the stone age" or "I am the President of the United Sates, I can bomb who the hell I like" or even "I will bomb them to the negotiating table" are indicative of an unhealthy hubris which seems to be contagious on anyone, with a few notable exceptions, taking the office of President. This gung-ho  nonsense proved to be no more than hot air of course and in the end had little effect on the outcome of events. 

Now Trump the misogynist, racist, bigoted warmonger, wades in with his latest list of putative sanctions added to those already in place, with which to punish Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, and other officials including eight Revolutionary Guard commanders, with the added threat that "We (the USA) will obliterate Iran". The sanctions have not yet achieved the desired effect other than to inflict hardship and economic distress on the people of Iran. Ultimately, Trump will learn that this jingoistic baloney, as others have learned in the past, will only have the effect of hardening attitudes and filling the victims of the threats with a resolve to continue to even greater lengths, the struggle to resist the United States aggression. Hopefully Trump will learn before it is too late for all of us.

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