"This commentary is in response to The Irrawaddy?s interview with David Steinberg ["Sanctions Rarely Work", Vol 11, No3]. Steinberg is the author of several books on Burma and commented on the country?s political situation and US-Burmese relations in the April issue." "Once the truth about the brutal attack on Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy (NLD) at Depayin on May 30 was revealed, the almost unanimous passage by the US Congress of the Burma Freedom and Democracy Act imposing a ban on Burmese imports and other sanctions against the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) was a foregone conclusion. Many observers now view the debate about sanctions as over..."