We can hold out against economic sanctions for quite a long time.

Hundreds of corporations have rebelled against sanctions and purchasing laws.

And the argument against sanctions on Iraq went beyond even this single, horrifying statistic.

The damage, according to those who fought against sanctions, was terrible, medieval.

Business has consistently argued against unilateral economic sanctions as a general principle.

Some members of Congress, especially from agricultural states, also lobbied strongly against sanctions and for increased trade.

We had a strong international coalition raid against them, effective economic sanctions and a very robust inspection regime that was in place.

Iraq asked its friends abroad to lobby against sanctions instead.

That lack of knowledge was a mitigating factor against even more severe sanctions.

So I'm against economic sanctions in almost every case.