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Re:Gitlab Blocked Iranians’ Access by dsabanin on Sunday October 25, 2020 @10:15AM (#24886437)
Well, I think the sanctions exists because of the nuclear program.

NATO is not going to trade and help technologically a country that's trying to develop nuclear weapons in order to threaten to NATO and their main officially stated enemy – United States.

Why would you buy oil from a country or give access to your tech to them when they are using these resources to ramp up their military against you?

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Re:Gitlab Blocked Iranians’ Access by toomuchtodo on Sunday October 25, 2020 @10:18AM (#24886460)
> Why would you buy oil from a country or give access to your tech to them when they are using these resources to ramp up their military against you?

Does the US sanction China like it does Iran? The only difference is that China is a larger market than Iran and is close to power parity with the US.

These sanctions are ineffective and disproportionately punish your average Iranian citizen, while we ignore the elephant that is China, which is far more dangerous as an adversary [1] [2].

[1] https://www.amazon.com/Hundred-Year-Marathon-Strategy-Replac...

[2] https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2020/09/04/w...

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Re:Gitlab Blocked Iranians’ Access by dsabanin on Sunday October 25, 2020 @10:30AM (#24886556)
Different levels of adversaries require different approaches? The attempted migration of manufacturing of US business from China to other countries I believe is ongoing?
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