Quote Originally Posted by Fisherking View Post
With regard to enforcing sanctions, the last eight years, if not previous president, have opened the door to selective enforcement. Congress did practically nothing over it then when it clearly violated their intent and have not made a real peep this time. Under the previous administration congress blamed the lack of enforcement on the executive agencies involved. International sanctions would involve any number of them so perhaps it is too much trouble and the players are too Establishment to risk blaming in order to get to Trump.
What did Obama (not) do?

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I assume you have Iran or Cuba in mind, but I don't recall the government declining to enforce existing sanctions.


Rejecting sanctions on the basis that their Congressional approval is itself a sufficient deterrent to the target of the sanctions is likely a novel argument.