The White House is seen in Washington, D.C., the United States, on May 21, 2020. (Photo by Ting Shen/Xinhua)
The sadistic logic of these sanctions is clear: Put pressure on the target government by ripping apart the social and economic fabric of the country, says the Common Dreams article.
NEW YORK, July 26 (Xinhua) -- Economic sanctions kill people by weakening the economy in public and private sectors, causing job and income loss, and by reducing people's access to food, medicine, medical supplies and health care, said an article published by independent news outlet Common Dreams on Tuesday.
In early 2019, the White House threatened to invade Venezuela, take down the government and replace it with their choice of president and political party. Though no missiles have been fired and no bombs dropped on the country, the U.S. government is waging a war by other means, namely criminal economic sanctions, to achieve the same end, according the opinion article.
"And they are just as lethal," said the article.
The sadistic logic of these sanctions is clear: Put pressure on the target government by ripping apart the social and economic fabric of the country, it said.
"Make people suffer increasingly until the country plunges into chaos, until as some point you can step in and force your choice of government on that country," said the article.
The United States has a history of undermining and overturning
