The horrific February 6 earthquake in Southern Turkey and northern Syria has shined a spotlight on the broad-based economic sanctions that the US has imposed on  countries with supposedly “hostile” governments. It is not a pretty picture. In Syria, the US has been promoting regime change for decades. Since 2012 it has spent $billions to More

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