Sanctions on Maduro Will Harm the People and Backfire

For decades, U.S. foreign policy has tended to lean on sanctions as a feel-good way to show that we're against the bad apples of the world. As tempting as it may be to try to simply starve the beast, to throttle Venezuela's tyrants as directly as possible, one hopes the administration will give a long thought to who will likely bear most of the consequences - Maduro, or the Venezuelan people.