Sanctioning Russia economically will push them into an alliance with China and India, ultimately threatening the status of the US dollar as a reserve currency.

“If these three countries get together, and it seems like they are moving that way, we don't need to go to war with the military to already be at war. And you were making this point, too. At what point do we say we are at war?”

Seizing sanctioned Venezuelan assets is a worthwhile and effective strategy to weaken the Venezuelan government and its allies.

“When it comes to the Venezuelan government shipping oil over to Iran in violation of sanctions or allowing the Iranians to combine their oil with Venezuelan oil and ship that elsewhere and ship the money back to Iran, obviously keeping the spoils would be worthwhile.”

The Treasury Department's revocation of sanctions on Iran has allowed the country to export its resources and receive billions in liquidity.

“The Treasury Department revoked all of the sanctions that would otherwise block Iran from exporting oil, petrochemicals, and other resources that Iran has. This overturns 40 years of American foreign policy.”

Sanctions are driving the collapse of the Iranian economy by severely limiting foreign currency and isolating the nation from the global financial system.

“The most effective sanctions were those imposed by the United States and EU around 2012, which would go and target Iran's ability to sell its oil and use its central bank for international transactions. This effectively cut Iran off from the global financial system, Swift.”

U.S. sanctions against Cuba are a form of collective punishment intended to collapse the government and harm the civilian population.

“Donald Trump and Marco Rubio are in intentionally trying to cause a massive humanitarian catastrophe in Cuba to collapse the economy and the health sector to kill as many Cuban civilians as possible and make their lives hell in order to overthrow Cuba's revolutionary anti-imperialist government.”

She argues that the US sanctions policy against countries like Venezuela and Cuba is counterproductive, as it fails to achieve its goals while causing suffering for the general population.

“How many years [snorts] have we had sanctions there? It hasn't worked. It's emiserated the people. It has pushed people out of Cuba and created refugee crises there.”

The United States is implementing a starvation siege on Iran by attempting to block food, medical supplies, and general trade through the country's ports.

“the United States is trying to prevent grain, food, medical supplies, uh all of these from getting to the country.”

US sanctions on Venezuela have failed to dislodge the political leadership, harmed the Venezuelan people, and damaged the interests of the United States.

“They did not dislodge the political leadership. That was by force. It just hurt the people there. It hurt the country that issued the sanctions, the United States. It weakened the dollar.”