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Have the opposite effect and strengthen the position of hardliners who promote animosity toward the West

Sanctions result in economic hardship for the people within a country, which naturally leads them to seek someone to blame, often the nation imposing the sanctions. Such an environment is particularly conducive to fostering animosity towards the West, providing people with more reasons to harbor anti-American sentiments.

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Those who hate the West will continue to do so anyway

No matter what actions the Western world takes, those hardliners who hate the U.S. will continue to do so, regardless of the sanctions. The fact that they promote animosity towards the West has nothing to do with the actions of the United States.

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