Also, we are used to applying sanctions, which are also totally ineffective, because they are not directed at those who are responsible for really changing things, but are, as in this case, directed at the ordinary people of Burma, whose lives we are making even more miserable.
En outre, nous appliquons bien souvent des sanctions qui sont parfaitement inefficaces, elles aussi, faute de cibler les responsables capables de changer les choses. En revanche, elles sont, comme dans le cas présent, dirigées contre le peuple birman, dont nous rendons la vie encore plus misérable.