" Sick : Sanctions against Iraq , Cuba and the whole population , not just leaders . Sick : Sanctions against Iran causing anti - democracy and ruining ordinary lives . 16 years of economic sanctions do nothing , he says , leading to war in all but name . Sick : When sanctions get harsher and harsher and do nothing , war becomes inevitable .
Gary Sick : Sanctions against Iraq , Cuba harmed the whole population , not just leaders . Sick : Sanctions against Iran causing anti-Americanism and ruining ordinary lives . 16 years of Iran sanctions changed nothing , he says , amount to war in all but name . Sick : When sanctions get harsher and harsher and do nothing , war becomes inevitable .