• require that any new trade sanctions be justified by national security,
• repeal existing sanctions that fail to meet the national security criterion,
• set a time limit on any new trade sanctions,
• require the president to consult with Congress following the imposition of sanctions by executive order,
• give the president authority to waive any sanction in the national interest,
• require an analysis of the cost to the U.S. economy of all current and proposed trade sanctions, and
• provide compensation to U.S. citizens whose investments are lost or substantially devalued as a result of U.S. sanctions policy.

• Trade Cato, 2004
• Trade Sanctions Cato, 2002
• The Evils of Economic Sanctions (October 1996)
• BBC NEWS | Sanctions: How successful are they?

These goals will set in motion a re-evaluation of the purposes for U.S. foreign intervention.

• Repudiate American Imperialism
• Reassess U.S. Security Strategy
• Unleash the power of American businesses

Sanctions Against Iraq

The Cruel and Brutal War Against the Iraqi People

In 1996 then-UN Ambassador Madeleine Albright was asked by 60 Minutes correspondent Lesley Stahl, in reference to years of U.S.-led economic sanctions against Iraq, “We have heard that half a million children have died. I mean, that is more children than died in Hiroshima. And, you know, is the price worth it?” To which Ambassador Albright responded, “I think that is a very hard choice, but the price, we think, the price is worth it.”

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