Topic: We should end the use of economic sanctions

Argument: economic sanctions affect the citizens of a country: farmers factory workers and others as the products they produce are unintended targets of sanctions.

Argument: economic sanctions always punish the innocent people of the country not the oppressive regimes.

Argument: economic sanctions are a good way for a government to show disapproval without resorting to violence.

Argument: economic sanctions are an effective deterrent to some country's bad or dangerous behavior

Argument: economic sanctions are cruel to the people of the country and does nothing to change the action of the leadership.

Argument: economic sanctions are designed to curb human rights violators and their collaborators

Argument: economic sanctions are needed to punish countries that don't play by international rules.

Argument: economic sanctions are often the only way to force countries to comply with international law.

Argument: economic sanctions are the only way to force other countries to give up certain damaging actions by affecting a larger crowd that simply the government people.

Argument: economic sanctions can be the only way to enforce international law.

Argument: economic sanctions can help force countries to provide better treatment for the common people of that country.

Argument: economic sanctions choke off the economy in a way that punishes ordinary citizens for their government's actions.

Argument: economic sanctions generally end up hurting more than just those they are applied against and are no longer in the best interest of our country

Argument: economic sanctions hurt a country's ability to grow economically and thereby become democracies.

Argument: economic sanctions hurt families but do little to change political policies.

Argument: economic sanctions hurt the average citizen who has not done anything wrong while the guilty parties in the government still are well taken care of

Argument: economic sanctions keep businesses in line.

Argument: economic sanctions only hurt the general population of a country and not the people who are running it

Argument: economic sanctions only hurt the normal working class citizens

Argument: economic sanctions only hurt the people of the country and never the regime that is being sanctioned.

Argument: economic sanctions only hurt those at the bottom of society and foster further friction with countries we should be trying to find a more diplomatic solution with.

Argument: economic sanctions only serve to punish the citizens of a nation for the misdeeds of a few in power.

Argument: economic sanctions provide security and ensure that citizens are treated fairly.

Argument: economic sanctions shouldn't be ended because it helps keep most countries in order

Argument: economic sanctions target the people for punishment instead of the government

Argument: economic sanctions works and gives lessons to those countries that don't follow rules.