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Hosting Services May Be Breaking Syrian Sanctions
judgecorp writes "Many Syrian government sites and services are hosted outside the country, in the U.S., Canada and Germany. A recent report suggests the hosting services may be breaking international sanctions against the Syrian regime, and assisting it in committing 'crimes against humanity.'"
Someone's willing to take money from political despots in the name of making a profit? Really? This is news?
I'm not saying it's right, the number of Western businesses willing to sell repression tools to China, etc. really kind of makes me sick and I wish they could engage in more complex motivations than just "sales, sales, sales", but they're not.
Was it Khrushchev who said the west would sell it the rope to hang us with?
You are quite the sadist aren't you. "They might imprison your guide and rape his family but think of the small talk". How about you visit South Korea instead. Or even go to Cuba.
By ignoring the sanctions, you are making their life a little less difficult.
Back in the real world, 'sanctions' normally have two results:
1. They make the leaders rich as they control the supply of essential goods to the population.
2. They make the population hate the 'sanctioners' more than they hate their government.