The interests of the majority of US people lie in developing just and equitable relations with people in the Middle East. Sanctions are undermining cultural and educational recovery. Sanctions will not change governance to democracy. Sanctions encourage isolation, alienation, possibly fanaticism. Sanctions may create a danger to peace, in the region and in the world.
Sanctions destroy Islamic and Iraqi family values.
Sanctions have undermined the advancement of women and have encouraged a massive 'brain drain'. Sanctions destroy the lives of children, their expectation, and those of young adults. Sanctions breach the Charter of the United Nations, the Convention of Human Rights, and the Rights of the Child. Sanctions are counterproductive and have no positive impact on the leadership. And as I have said already, I can find no legitimate justification for sustaining economic sanctions under these circumstances.