Obama Encourages Iran Divestment

Obama is pushing a new bill in the Senate that would encourage investors to divest from Iran.

Historically speaking, divesting has been an effective strategy. Divesting from South Africa helped put pressre on that country to chnge its laws on apartheid. North Korea was recently threatened with a specific kind of saction that's similar to a divestment, a prevention of certain key goods from entering the nation. (One example being fresh lobster, which was rumored to be the favorate food of Kim Jong-Il) The pressure helped get a deal, although that was the exception and not the rule for the Bush administration.

I'm all in favor of an aggresive foreign policy that doesn't involve unneccecary war. We should do everything we can in the realms of diplomatic and economic persuation to keep our nation safe. We should have a President who can use all of the tools avaliable, not just the cudgel.