http://consortiumnews.com/2014/04/23/foreign-entangling-sanctions/

Foreign Entangling Sanctions

April 23, 2014

The U.S. government prefers economic sanctions as the opening move in any international chess match with adversaries, but sanctions on Iran – and threatened ones against Russia – could disrupt energy supplies and hurt the West as much as the targets, ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar observes.
By Paul R. Pillar