The United States has just announced that it will impose unilateral sanctions on Libya in order to end the violence and repression there.What is it with Obama and sanctions? He seems to be fixated on them as a means to prevent madmen from sowing death and destruction. Its as if he doesn't have any other weapons at his disposal. The President keeps on telling us he is a sports fan. If he was a batter in a baseball game he'd have two strikes on him and be facing a third. Strike number one is Kim Jong-Il of North Korea. Sanctions certainly haven't prevented him from pursuing his nuclear ambitions, which was their whole point. Obama swung at the North Korean dictator with a sanctions bat and missed completely. Strike number two is Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran. Obama thought sanctions would prevent Iran from developing and posessing nuclear weapons but they have been no more successful there than they were in North Korea. Iran is very close to becoming a nuclear power and sanctions have...(Read Full Post)