harsher . Clinton outflanked George H.W. Bush from the right , in harsh — during the electoral campaign , in harshness against Cuba .
The Sanders campaign believes that the Saudis are the solution and are looking to the Saudis to fight our fight against ISIS . We 're arguing for a peace offensive to stop ISIS in its tracks and end the wars for oil . And a peace offensive basically consists of a weapons embargotransaction.transaction.embargosanction, because they 're mostly coming from the U.S. We can begin this weapons embargo , and we can also impound the funding that is the bank account of the countries that are funding terrorism . As well , we believe we need to hold the Netanyahu government accountable , as all governments must be held accountable . Right now we are paying $ 8 million a day to maintain the Israeli army , which is in flagrant violation and committing war crimes in these periodic massacres .
This included engagement with controversial international political groups and countries that had hostile relationships with the United States . Sanders found multiple ways to involve himself in the war between the Sandinistas and the Contras in Nicaragua . In addition to traveling to the country and attending Ortega ’s rally , Sanders ’s Progressive Coalition on the board of aldermen passed a 1985 resolution pledging Burlington would defy President Ronald Reagan ’s embargotransaction.transaction.embargosanctionof Nicaragua . Sanders also established a sister city relationship with a Nicaraguan town , Puerto Cabezas . His actions drew such attention that the “ Doonesbury ” comic strip infamously nicknamed Sanders ’ city the “ People ’s Republic of Burlington ” after he took office .
U.S. President Barack Obama ( L ) attends a bilateral meeting with Vietnam 's General Secretary of the Communist Party and National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong at Central Office of the Communist Party of Vietnam in Hanoi , Vietnam May 23 , 2016 . REUTERS / Carlos Barria HANOI The United States announced a complete end to its arms embargotransaction.transferownership.embargosanctionon Vietnam on Monday , a historic step that draws a line under the two countries ' earlier enmity and underscores their shared concerns about China 's growing military clout . The move came during President Barack Obama 's first visit to Hanoi , which his hosts described as the arrival of a warm spring and a new chapter in relations between two countries that were at war four decades ago . Obama , the third U.S. president to visit Vietnam since diplomatic relations were restored in 1995 , has made a strategic " rebalance " toward Asia a centerpiece of his foreign policy .
In February , Russia 's Ambassador to Turkey Andrey Karlov said Turkish exports to Russia fell by two - thirds soon after the jet incident . In November 2015 , a Russian pilot died when his plane was shot down over Syria by a Turkish fighter . Following the incident , Moscow introduced a package of economic measures against Ankara – a visa regime , travel ban , as well as an embargotransaction.transaction.embargosanctionon agricultural products and on hiring Turkish nationals . All major projects were also frozen .
Editor - In - Chief Jim Impoco noted that the attack came as the story earned national attention . “ Last night we were on the receiving end of what our IT chief called a ‘ massive ’ DoS ( denial of service ) attack , ” Impoco wrote in an email to TPM . “ The site was down most of last evening , at a time when Kurt Eichenwald ’s story detailing how Donald Trump ’s company broke the law by violating the U.S. trade embargotransaction.transfermoney.embargosanctionagainst Cuba was being covered extensively by prominent cable news programs . Our IT team is still investigating the hack . ” Later Friday afternoon , Impoco emailed TPM that in an initial investigation , the “ main ” IP addresses linked to the attack were found to be Russian .
We ’ve got it now , but it ’s under control in different places . Why ca n’t I connect from home ? ” Emilio Arturo Marill , a 90-year - old retired lawyer , argues that Obama could take even more steps than he has to weaken the U.S. embargotransaction.transfermoney.embargosanctionon Cuba , which only Congress can formally lift . He and other Cubans also want Obama to shut down the prison at Guantánamo Bay — a goal impeded by members of Congress . ( Cuba insists the U.S. return the territory , which is also home to an American naval base , despite a decades - old lease agreement . )
There are all sorts of treaties that are ready to move forward . In fact the Soviets and the Chinese have been prime movers in expansion of treaties to prohibit weapons in space and to establish the rule of law in cyberspace . " We can actually begin to rein in the Saudis with a weapons embargotransaction.transfermoney.embargosanctionand by impounding their bank accounts . So , what would President Jill Stein do about ISIS ? She answered that question with no hesitation : " Number 1 : we do n't stop ISIS by doing more of what created ISIS .
In mid - December , Ukraine 's cabinet of ministers approved a total ban on trade with Crimea , excepting a small category of ' socially significant products ' . Ukrainian authorities then joined the Washington and Brussels - inspired sanctions against Russia , prompting Moscow to respond with a ban on the import of Ukrainian food products for six months . Kiev responded with an embargotransaction.transferownership.embargosanctionagainst Russian food . Effectively , Kiev 's measures against Crimea specifically and against Russia more broadly have transferred responsibility for the so - called ' food blockade ' of the peninsula ( which affected Ukrainian farmers much harder than it had Crimeans ) from the activists to the government . In his interview , Islyamov confirmed that his activists , who include Tatar nationalists and paramilitaries from Ukraine 's notorious Right Sector militant group , are on track with their plans for a ' naval blockade ' of Crimea .
In the January interview , Asiri specifically denied reports that Saudi Arabia used cluster munitions on a civilian neighborhood in the city of Sanaa . " We do n't use cluster bombs in Sanaa , this is clear and definite , " he said . But on Thursday , the European Parliament called on the European Union to impose an arms embargotransaction.transferownership.embargosanctionon Saudi Arabia in response to allegations of human rights violations in Yemen . " Our duty is to the civilians in Yemen , and given widespread and very valid concerns over the conduct of the war by Saudi forces , our call for an E.U.-wide arms embargo is proportionate and necessary , " said Alyn Smith , one of the lawmakers who spearheaded the vote . " The Saudis say they are investigating what they call incidents , and I welcome that scrutiny .
Through President Obama 's intermediation , the apology was received . We have made serious progress on the compensation issue . " However , when it came to the embargotransaction.transferownership.embargosanction, the issue had to be tackled in a comprehensive and humanitarian manner , said Erdoğan . The huge energy needs of the Gaza Strip could be satisfied with an energy generating ship , Erdoğan suggested , but added that there also was the need to establish the electricity infrastructure . The water problem could be addressed through digging wells and purifying sea water , he said , but this also necessitated the establishment of a water pipe system .
He reportedly held a secret “ First Contact Meeting ” with ET visitors during the early hours of February 21 , 1954 , at Edwards Air Force Base in southern California . A series of follow - up meetings led to the signing of a treaty between the U.S. movement and the Gray aliens . Bassett went on to claim that he believes that the reason why other governments around the world have not made UFO and ET disclosures independently is that following the famous incident at Roswell , New Mexico , in 1947 , when U.S. authorities reportedly recovered a crashed alien UFO from a ranch near the town , governments around the world agreed to a “ truth embargotransaction.transaction.embargosanction. ” And despite the fact that several private individuals who witnessed the crash or had spoken with witnesses came forward over the decades to make critical disclosures , the “ truth embargo ” has remained in place . Obama ‘ On The Brink ’ Of Alien And UFO Disclosure : Before End Of Term : Steven Bassett https://t.co/Usj2snhpy3 pic.twitter.com/sqenNbUH1N — Alan Grey ( @AlanGreyProject ) May 23 , 2016
A major function of the Cold War was to maintain US political supremacy in Europe by cultivating an external threat on the European imperialist powers ’ eastern flank . With the dissolution of the Soviet Union 25 years ago , this role has been transferred to capitalist Russia — still the second biggest nuclear power in the world . It is worth noting that today marks the 54th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy ’s speech announcing to the American people that the Soviet Union had stationed nuclear missiles in Cuba and that the US government had instituted an embargotransaction.transfermoney.nato intercept and search all Russian ships heading for Cuba . The Cuban missile crisis was the closest that human civilization had come to nuclear destruction . The reckless and incendiary war program of the United States has today brought the world closer to nuclear annihilation than at any time since those 13 days in 1962 .
Willian Hernandez , a mechanic and a barber , loves his Cuban homeland . And he ’s grateful to Barack Obama for restoring America ’s ties with the communist - led island last year , a taboo - shattering move that many hope will bring prosperity to this time - capsule of a country . Many Cubans want President Barack Obama to do more to lift the U.S. embargotransaction.transferownership.embargosanctionon Cuba , hoping such a move will super - charge the transformation . | Katie Ellsworth But Hernandez also believes Obama ’s actions came too late , especially for his generation .
Clinton witnessed how the leaders of other Latin American countries were perplexed by the United States ' antiquated policy toward the island nation of Cuba and how our treatment of the country was hurting our reputation in the eyes of our allies . President Obama heeded Clinton 's sound advice and the workings for what became a thawing of the relationship with Cuba were based on recommendations that Clinton had made while Secretary of State . Even now as a candidate for president , Clinton remains fighting for this cause and has continuously called for the trade embargotransaction.transaction.embargosanctionwith Cuba to be lifted as a further sign of the newfound goodwill between our two nations . People like Bernie Sanders , Jorge Ramos , and Chris Matthews know that Hillary Clinton is the most polished political candidate when it comes to foreign policy that many of us have seen in our lifetime . It is undoubtedly a strength of hers and something that sets her head and shoulders above her Democratic opponent when the topic is broached at any debate or town hall .
Three times over the past 20 years the Iranian reformists and moderates have tried to improve the relations between their nation and the United States , and in each case the Clintons have either prevented the rapprochement or , as it is happening now , try to scuttle it . In May 1995 former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani , considered a pragmatist then but allied firmly with the reformists now , made a gesture of reconciliation toward the US by awarding the American oil company Conoco a major contract to develop a large offshore oil field in the Persian Gulf , although a European oil company had actually won the bidding for the contract . But , instead of responding in kind , Bill Clinton imposed total trade embargotransaction.transferownership.embargosanctionon Iran in 1996 as part of his absurd , and ultimately failed “ dual containment ” policy according to which both Iran and Iraq were supposed to be contained and put in a strategic box . Then , in 1998 former reformist President proposed “ dialogue among civilizations ” as a cautious approach to open dialogue between the two nations . Not only had Khatami won the presidential elections in 1997 in a landslide , his allies would sweep the first nationwide elections for city councils in fall of 1998 and for the Majles [ Iranian parliament ] in February 2000 .
The Obama administration does have more drastic options . If the U.S. wanted to truly damage Russia ’s economy , it could bar American banks from buying Russian ruble bonds , or cut the country off from the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication , or SWIFT . The “ nuclear option ” would be an embargotransaction.transfermoney.embargosanctionon Russian energy exports . The U.S. official said that option was n’t on the table . Europe gets about one - third of its energy supplies from Russia , so any such embargo would deal a severe blow to already struggling European economies .
Bush were making war fun again – Grenada , Afghanistan , Panama and the Persian Gulf , all relatively low - cost conflicts with victorious conclusions . By the 1990s , Bill Clinton ( along with Hillary Clinton ) saw militarism as just another issue to be triangulated . With the Soviet Union ’s collapse , the Clinton-42 administration saw the opportunity for more low - cost tough - guy / gal - ism – continuing a harsh embargotransaction.transaction.embargosanctionand periodic air strikes against Iraq ( causing the deaths of a U.N.-estimated half million children ) ; blasting Serbia into submission over Kosovo ; and expanding NATO to the east toward Russia ’s borders . But Bill Clinton did balk at the more extreme neocon ideas , such as the one from the Project for the New American Century for a militarily enforced “ regime change ” in Iraq . That had to wait for George W. Bush in the wake of the 9/11 attacks .
His first two points highlight that Trump has literally no understanding of the details of Cuba policy — an issue that matters greatly to Florida 's politically influential Cuban - American community . The last part of his answer is the kind of hard line on Cuba that 's popular among Cuban - American conservatives , many of whom fled the revolution and have n't forgiven the Castro regime for their dispossession . Substantively , Rubio 's position — keep up the US embargotransaction.transaction.embargosanctionon commerce with and travel to Cuba until they democratize — is a proven failure . The US embargo has been in place for decades , in various forms , and has had no discernible effect on Cuba 's human rights record . It is currently opposed by 97 percent of the world 's countries as well as a majority of Americans .
CLOSE TO DEAL WITH ISRAEL Efforts to re - establish ties with Israel was close to bearing fruit , implied Erdoğan , adding that the process was clear cut from the very beginning . " We have three conditions : Apology , compensation and lifting of the embargotransaction.transfermoney.embargosanctionon the Gaza Strip . Through President Obama 's intermediation , the apology was received . We have made serious progress on the compensation issue . "
The Obama administration does have more drastic options . If the U.S. wanted to truly damage Russia ’s economy , it could bar American banks from buying Russian ruble bonds , or cut the country off from the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication , or SWIFT . The “ nuclear option ” would be an embargotransaction.transaction.embargosanctionon Russian energy exports . The U.S. official said that option was n’t on the table . Europe gets about one - third of its energy supplies from Russia , so any such embargo would deal a severe blow to already struggling European economies .
The Sanders campaign believes that the Saudis are the solution and are looking to the Saudis to fight our fight against ISIS . We 're arguing for a peace offensive to stop ISIS in its tracks and end the wars for oil . And a peace offensive basically consists of a weapons embargo , because they 're mostly coming from the U.S. We can begin this weapons embargotransaction.transaction.embargosanction, and we can also impound the funding that is the bank account of the countries that are funding terrorism . As well , we believe we need to hold the Netanyahu government accountable , as all governments must be held accountable . Right now we are paying $ 8 million a day to maintain the Israeli army , which is in flagrant violation and committing war crimes in these periodic massacres .
We ’re still investigating . But it was a massive DDoS attack , and it took place in the early evening just as prominent cable news programs were discussing Kurt Eichenwald ’s explosive investigation into how Donald Trump ’s company broke the law by breaking the United States embargo against Cuba . A distributed denial - of - service ( DDoS ) attack came , the newsmagazine suggests , in response to its cover story , “ How Donald Trump ’s company violated the United States embargotransaction.transaction.embargosanctionagainst Cuba . ” Details about the volume of the attack or what made it sophisticated were not immediately available . On Friday , Eichenwald described it as “ a major attack on Newsweek . ” Later in the afternoon , Eichenwald tweeted , “ Lots of IP addresses involved .
“ I would rather as president be dealing with Iran on all of those issues without having to worry as much about their racing for a nuclear weapon , ” she said . Build on the Obama administration ’s new Cuba policy Clinton has praised President Obama ’s efforts to normalize diplomatic relations with Cuba , supporting his policies and calling for an end to the trade embargotransaction.transferownership.nawith the island nation . “ The Cuba embargo needs to go , once and for all , ” she said in a speech in Miami in summer 2015 . “ We should replace it with a smarter approach that empowers Cuban businesses , Cuban civil society , and the Cuban American community to spur progress and keep pressure on the regime . ”
" We do n't use cluster bombs in Sanaa , this is clear and definite , " he said . But on Thursday , the European Parliament called on the European Union to impose an arms embargo on Saudi Arabia in response to allegations of human rights violations in Yemen . " Our duty is to the civilians in Yemen , and given widespread and very valid concerns over the conduct of the war by Saudi forces , our call for an E.U .- wide arms embargotransaction.transaction.embargosanctionis proportionate and necessary , " said Alyn Smith , one of the lawmakers who spearheaded the vote . " The Saudis say they are investigating what they call incidents , and I welcome that scrutiny . But that is not enough -- humanitarian NGOs have asked for an independent inquiry that meets international law standards , " he said .
You have two reasons here . The first one that we have to deal with , of course , is the terrorism , because those terrorists not only threaten people , but those terrorists deprive the people of the basic needs of their lives . The second reason is the embargotransaction.transfermoney.embargosanctionthat has been implemented on Syria by the West , mainly the United States , of course , that caused more difficulties for the people to live here , especially in the health sector . So , we need to deal with these reasons in order to prevent this tragedy from being dragged on for a long time . Q.
But in between them our president said many very unwise things . No amount of sweetened coating obscures the blunt , discourteous lecture Obama delivered to the Castro government in the guise of his well - wishing address to its citizens . “ Even if we lift the embargotransaction.transfermoney.embargosanctiontomorrow , ” he said as he hit stride , “ Cubans would not realize their potential without continued change here in Cuba . ” His next sentence tells you all you need to know about where Obama was headed : “ It should be easier to open a business in Cuba . ” From there Obama was off and running . He praised the Internet , innovation , “ entrepreneurship ” and open markets , our 21st - century objects of idolatry .
In July , Rubio mocked Clinton in a tweet for wanting to “ reset ” relations with Cuba , just as she had in her “ failed ” attempt to forge new diplomatic channels with Russia . “ Here we go , ” speechwriter Dan Schwerin wrote his colleagues when he saw the tweet . Campaign staff began a spirited exchange over how to punch back at the upstart senator , who favored keeping a trade embargotransaction.transfermoney.embargosanctionborn of the Cold War in place against the communist island nation . “ John , did you have in mind having HRC hit back , or campaign ? ” senior Clinton aide Jake Sullivan asked Podesta . “ I ’m good with either .
The “ nuclear option ” would be an embargo on Russian energy exports . The U.S. official said that option was n’t on the table . Europe gets about one - third of its energy supplies from Russia , so any such embargotransaction.transaction.embargosanctionwould deal a severe blow to already struggling European economies . “ What really hurts the Russians is the U.S. control over the international banking system , ” retired General James Jones Jr. , Obama ’s former national security adviser , said in an interview . “ if you want to change Russian behavior this is one way to do it . ”
Moscow might ban soybeans from the United States over possible contamination , says Russia 's food safety watchdog . Earlier this week , Rosselkhoznadzor said imports of US corn also face a possible embargotransaction.transaction.na. Read more Regular supplies of the contaminated products may not only affect Russia ’s food safety , but also increase the risk for other members of the Eurasian Economic Union , according to a statement from the regulator .
The US embargo has been in place for decades , in various forms , and has had no discernible effect on Cuba 's human rights record . It is currently opposed by 97 percent of the world 's countries as well as a majority of Americans . There are very good reasons why Barack Obama is working to end the embargotransaction.transferownership.embargosanction. But Rubio 's line is incredibly popular with a key Republican constituency in Florida : conservative Cuban Americans like Rubio himself . Rubio understands the state he represents , and wielded that knowledge effectively against Trump at Thursday 's debate .
When the Russians disappeared from the scene , instead of — you know , the pretense was , " Well , it ’s because of the Russians . " When they disappeared from the scene , how did we react , under Clinton ? By making the embargotransaction.transfermoney.naharsher . Clinton outflanked George H.W. Bush from the right , in harsh — during the electoral campaign , in harshness against Cuba .
Obama was speaking following an hours - long meeting with Castro at the Palace of the Revolution in Old Havana , his third meeting with the Cuban leader since work began to reopen diplomatic ties to the island . Castro , making a statement before the reporters ' questions , said that work toward improving economic conditions in his country was progressing . But he added that a longstanding trade embargotransaction.transfermoney.embargosanctionprevents a full restoration of ties . " Much more could be done if the U.S. blockade could be lifted , " Castro said . " The most recent measures adopted by his administration are positive but insufficient . "
Rouhani is a political moderate who defeated a hard - line opponent . The Senate bill imposes mandatory sanctions on people involved in Iran 's ballistic missile program and anyone who does business with them . The measure also would apply terrorism sanctions to the country 's Revolutionary Guards and enforce an arms embargotransaction.transferownership.embargosanction. Russia 's interference in the 2016 campaign has rocked Washington and led to multiple investigations , including special counsel Robert Mueller 's inquiry into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian officials . Yet Trump has n't sought to rebuke Moscow .
Obama was speaking following an hours - long meeting with Castro at the Palace of the Revolution in Old Havana , his third meeting with the Cuban leader since work began to reopen diplomatic ties to the island . Castro , making a statement before the reporters ' questions , said that work toward improving economic conditions in his country was progressing . But he added that a longstanding trade embargotransaction.transferownership.embargosanctionprevents a full restoration of ties . " Much more could be done if the U.S. blockade could be lifted , " Castro said . " The most recent measures adopted by his administration are positive but insufficient . "
Willian Hernandez , a mechanic and a barber , loves his Cuban homeland . And he ’s grateful to Barack Obama for restoring America ’s ties with the communist - led island last year , a taboo - shattering move that many hope will bring prosperity to this time - capsule of a country . Many Cubans want President Barack Obama to do more to lift the U.S. embargotransaction.transaction.embargosanctionon Cuba , hoping such a move will super - charge the transformation . | Katie Ellsworth But Hernandez also believes Obama ’s actions came too late , especially for his generation .
Trump tried to raise money for the Trump Organization from the regime of Muammar Qaddafi , the Libyan dictator who provided support for the 1988 Pan Am flight bombing over Lockerbie , Scotland , that killed 189 Americans , Buzzfeed News reported in June . A company owned by Trump violated the embargo against Cuba with a business trip to the island in 1998 , shortly before he gave a speech in Miami expressing his support for the embargo , Newsweek reported in September . In addition , Bloomberg News has reported that Trump Organization executives may have also violated the Cuban embargotransaction.transfermoney.embargosanctionby scouting out a possible investment in a golf course near Havana in late 2012 or early 2013 . The deal ultimately fell through , according to the report . The Trump Organization has also made millions selling apartments to the government of Saudi Arabia , the New York Daily News reported in September .
Their site was unreachable for hours . Talking Points Memo reports : The editor - in - chief of Newsweek confirmed Friday that the magazine ’s website was on the receiving end of a denial - of - service attack Thursday night , following the publication of a story accusing one of Donald Trump ’s companies of violating the Cuban trade embargotransaction.transaction.embargosanction. Editor - In - Chief Jim Impoco noted that the attack came as the story earned national attention . Later Friday afternoon , Impoco emailed TPM that in an initial investigation , the “ main ” IP addresses linked to the attack were found to be Russian .
It was based on our desire to complete what has been a lengthy process of moving towards normalization with Vietnam , " he said . Obama later added his visit to a former foe showed " hearts can change and peace is possible . " In 2014 , the Obama administration eased the decades - old arms embargotransaction.transferownership.embargosanctionto allow its former Cold War enemy to buy maritime surveillance and " security - related " systems to strengthen it with China in mind . Now Hanoi will be able to buy a full range of U.S. weapons and military equipment . Immediate big - ticket purchases are not expected , but Vietnam 's military strategists are likely to seek U.S. drones , radar , coastal patrol boats and possibly P-3 Orion surveillance aircraft .
The “ nuclear option ” would be an embargo on Russian energy exports . The U.S. official said that option was n’t on the table . Europe gets about one - third of its energy supplies from Russia , so any such embargotransaction.transfermoney.embargosanctionwould deal a severe blow to already struggling European economies . “ What really hurts the Russians is the U.S. control over the international banking system , ” retired General James Jones Jr. , Obama ’s former national security adviser , said in an interview . “ if you want to change Russian behavior this is one way to do it . ”
He gives this interview at a time when he is now talking about retaking the entire country and winning the war , just four days before peace talks are due to be renewed in Geneva and with it not yet known whether a ceasefire announced by the United States and Russia on February 12 will have an effect after the deadline to implement it expired on Friday without success . He says that his next mission is to pursue Islamic State ( ISIS ) in the heart of its operations , in its self - proclaimed capital in Raqqa . “ The embargotransaction.transfermoney.embargosanctionis not on the Syrian government , it is against the Syrian people ” The Syrian president tells the refugees that they can return to the country without fear of reprisals and accuses the Islamist governments of Qatar and Turkey of having promoted the war in Syria – a stage on which , he admits , not only the interests of a state are being measured , but also those of an entire region , with Saudi Arabia and Iran as powers in the conflict . Question .
As in Afghanistan , then in Bosnia , and now in Syria , the story of how entire generations came to be radicalized is incomplete without considering the role of Russian aggression . In Afghanistan the Soviets invaded — only to provide the perfect context for a nascent al Qaeda . In Bosnia , Russia supplied the Serbs while the International Community stood by its arms embargotransaction.transaction.embargosanction— paving the way for the Bosnian genocide that radicalized an entire generation of European Muslims . And now in Syria , Putin props up his puppet Assad while destroying entire Syrian cities — and completely ignoring ISIS - held areas . Meanwhile , the Far - Left gleefully denounce lackadaisical American “ colonialism ” from Russian state television channels or pontificate over American ills , as asylum seekers in Moscow .
It includes food and agricultural products , as well as automotive sector , " he added . Turkey 's foreign minister also said that Putin asked Erdogan to take measures on products that are embargoed by Russia , but still reaches the country via Turkey . " We will continue our embargotransaction.transaction.embargosanctionto these countries , " Cavusoglu said . " We wo n't let this happen . Why would another country 's products reach Russia , instead of our own ? "
A. As I said , it is not only about Syria , it ’s about the rest of the world . First of all , Europe should lift the embargo on the Syrian people ; they do n’t have an embargotransaction.transaction.embargosanctionon the Syrian government , it is against the Syrian people . Second , Turkey should stop sending terrorists to Syria . Third , as a government , we have to fight the terrorists , definitely , and we have to keep the living moving forward by any means in order to allow the Syrians to stay in their country .
' ” he wrote , referring to former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad . Powell said that while all his “ buddies ” in Abu Dhabi wanted an Iranian nuclear deal and had been working for over a decade to reach one , he was unconvinced . “ I do n’t trust Iranians — almost went to jail over Iran - Contra , ” he wrote , referring to a political scandal in the United States in the late 1980s , in which American officials were caught facilitating weapons sales to Iran , despite an arms embargotransaction.transaction.embargosanction. Powell also cast doubt on the amount of time that Netanyahu and others estimated that it would take Iran to develop a nuclear bomb . “ Bibi likes to say ‘ a year away , ’ as do our intel guys .
Scarborough : But , again : He kills journalists that do n't agree with him . Trump : Well , I think that our country does plenty of killing , too , Joe . A TV embargotransaction.transaction.embargosanctionwould starve Trump ’s ego , feed his vast insecurities , and rob him of the biggest crutch in his campaign — free media .
We also call for a very serious discussion with our allies — and Hillary Clinton herself identified the Saudis as still the leading source of funding for Sunni jihad around the world in a leaked State Department memo as secretary of state . So we need to have a frank discussion with our allies that we are turning over a new leaf , that we will stop our funding for such enterprises and that we expect our allies to do the same . So we ’re proposing essentially a weapons embargotransaction.transferownership.embargosanction, a freeze on the bank accounts of countries who continue to fund terrorist enterprises and also we call on allies like Turkey to close their borders to the movement of jihadi groups . HIATT : So you shifted to the Middle East , of course NATO has been involved , but to come back to core NATO , Vice president Biden was in Latvia a day or two ago , and said that he believes the alliance is important he help preserve the independence of those Baltic states against possible aggression from Russia and that they should ignore Trump ’s criticisms . What do you think about NATO ’s role there ?
Albright opposes Republican sponsored legislation to cut US contributions to peacekeeping because it restricts the president 's constitutional authority and terminates UN missions in tinderbox regions . ( COLOR KEY : Albright wears blue . ) AFP PHOTO ( Photo credit should read JOYCE NALTCHAYAN / AFP / Getty Images ) WASHINGTON , DC - AUGUST 3 : In testimony to a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee , US Ambassador to the UN Madeleine Albright warned that unilaterally lifting the arms embargotransaction.transaction.embargosanctionagainst Bosnia could invite other countries to violate sanctions placed on Iraq . Albright said that the action creeated ' a real risk that the checks now in place against the resurgence of Saddam Hussein 's ambition will weaken or collapse . ' AFP PHOTO ( Photo credit should read J. DAVID AKE / AFP / Getty Images ) UNITED NATIONS , NY - AUGUST 10 : U.S.
His first two points highlight that Trump has literally no understanding of the details of Cuba policy — an issue that matters greatly to Florida 's politically influential Cuban - American community . The last part of his answer is the kind of hard line on Cuba that 's popular among Cuban - American conservatives , many of whom fled the revolution and have n't forgiven the Castro regime for their dispossession . Substantively , Rubio 's position — keep up the US embargotransaction.transferownership.embargosanctionon commerce with and travel to Cuba until they democratize — is a proven failure . The US embargo has been in place for decades , in various forms , and has had no discernible effect on Cuba 's human rights record . It is currently opposed by 97 percent of the world 's countries as well as a majority of Americans .
There are all sorts of treaties that are ready to move forward . In fact the Soviets and the Chinese have been prime movers in expansion of treaties to prohibit weapons in space and to establish the rule of law in cyberspace . " We can actually begin to rein in the Saudis with a weapons embargotransaction.transferownership.embargosanctionand by impounding their bank accounts . So , what would President Jill Stein do about ISIS ? She answered that question with no hesitation : " Number 1 : we do n't stop ISIS by doing more of what created ISIS .