Expecting a communist to make democratic changes is alarmingly naive. And to believe that economic sanctions will make some change to a mafia government that has resisted 67 years of sanctions that do not affect them at all is also alarming. It is the people who suffer, it is the unarmed, traumatized, poorly educated, poorly aligned and constantly threatened people who suffer. Only external and military help can make a difference, another thing would be to waste more time for nothing. Beloud