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EDITORIALS: Sanghyuk S Shin, Ricky Y Choi, and Thomas E Novotny Economic sanctions towards North Korea BMJ 2009; 339: b4069 [Full text]

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Vasiliy V Vlassov   (18 October 2009)

wrong idea 18 October 2009
Vasiliy V Vlassov, Vice President Society for Evidence Based Medicine Send response to journal: Re: wrong idea	I think that it is quite clear that sanctions against N. Korea are not intended to harm the health of the Koreans. It is against the rogue state, endangering the world. Recent history teaches that when sanctions were not so strict, the regime uses all possibilities of trade and international help to speed up the development of the a-bomb and rockets, and not to improve the terrible hunger and life of the people. Notoriously, Vladimir Lenin used to say that these stupid capitalists will sell us the rope and soap which we will use later to hang them. Any weakness of the standing against the totalitarian regime makes it possible for this regime to exist longer and to kill more people. Competing interests: I do live in authoritarian state - Russia