Prelude to War: Congress Votes to Impose Sanctions on North Korea
TIM BROWN
FREEDOMOUTPOST.COM
MAY 8, 2017
Imposing sanctions on countries is almost always a prelude to war with that country. If not, they very seldom do anything to the government that is opposed, but rather harm the people that government is supposed to serve. On Thursday, the US House of Representatives voted to impose new sanctions on North Korea in the midst of all the saber rattling taking place on both sides.
The bill was passed by the House with a vote of 419-1. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) was the lone dissenter.
The Korea Interdiction and Modernization of Sanctions Act amends the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 to modify and increase the President’s authority to impose sanctions on persons in violation of certain U.N. Security Council resolution regarding North Korea. Specifically, the bill expands sanctions to deter North Korea’s nuclear weapons programs, targets those individuals overseas who employ North Korean slave labor, cracks down on North Korean shipping and use of international ports, and requires the administration to determine whether North Korea is a state sponsor or terrorism.
The Hill reports:
Legislation approved handily on a 419-1 vote would target North Korea’s shipping industry and people who employ North Korean slave labor abroad.
It would also require the Trump administration to report to Congress within 90 days on whether North Korea should be reinstated onto the government’s state sponsors of terror list.
North Korea was removed from the list of state sponsors of terrorism in 2008 as part of a nuclear agreement with President George W. Bush’s administration that since failed.
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