Rather than Close Gitmo, We’ll Just Intercept More Medical Goods for Iran

A lot of people are talking about this story, reporting that the Envoy in charge of shutting down Gitmo will be reassigned.



But few are talking about where Fried is being reassigned: to the sanctions department.


Granted, both trying to persuade third countries to take detainees and convincing countries to join our ever-intensifying sanctions regime against Iran involve the same skill sets.

Still, as the sanctions against Iran cause increasing difficulties for Iran’s citizens, I think it worth noting how we’ve change our human rights priorities.

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  1. P J Evans says:

    shouldn’t that be ‘more medical goods for Iran’?

    That also means they’re even less serious about closing down our national hellholes.

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