Control gone Mad: The Need for Collector's Voice of Sanity

Ed Snible has astutely noticed some problems with the Department of State's reasoning over coins from Syria:

The metal category says "Some major mints for coinage that circulated in Syria in various periods include ... Antioch ..." Antioch is an interesting case, because it was part of ancient but not modern Syria. It's now Antakya, Turkey. Should the Syrian civil war trigger import restrictions on coins minted outside modern Syria? If US Customs seizes a coin minted in Roman Syria should it be repatriated to Turkey or to Syria?

Should a coin found in Turkey and from a mint now in Turkey be stopped on the US borders and then sent "back" (sic) to the Assad regime - even if exported by a dealer in Turkey? This is simple madness. Vote now to stop the MOUs, make the voice of collectors heard.