Clarification of Critical Thinking
Discuss the following analogical argument:
Economic sanctions simply do not work. As a weapon of international persuasion, they are about as effective as popguns. The United Nations imposed drastic sanctions upon Rhodesia ; they failed utterly. We imposed sanctions upon Poland ; nothing happened. Our government has forbidden trade with Cuba for the past twenty-five years; Cuba goes its own way. Most recently, the president has laid heavy sanctions upon Libya ; our noble allies have pooh-poohed the effort. You can count on the same kind of result if economic sanctions are imposed on North Korea.