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I really haven't understood our policy toward Cuba for a few years, ever since the cold war ended....In the midst of American Cuban/Cuban politics, I think we lost the big picture.. I don't thinke we can effect much change, as a people with diologue....

i would love to hear if anybody can offer any pros or cons concerning our foreign policy vis a vie Cuba...

By (Deleted user) on Jun 14, 2008, 17:18 in Cuba.

Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) (☼Travelguide writer) says on Jun 15, 2008, 10:29:

I think you're not the only one who finds the US policy towards Cuba kind of weird and also kind of evil. And all that because they're afraid of 'communism'?

Poor but snappy

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kalder says on Jul 1, 2008, 00:48:

Sometimes places need to be put under quarantine to contain a disease.

"A piece of cheese may entrap a mouse, but a bicycle could ensnare the Imperial Chancellor."~~An Bai Kuang

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Peter Perez says on Jul 7, 2008, 13:17:

Have Cuba ceased to export Terrorism around the world ? No it has not, even today ,palestinians are trained in Cuba to carry attacks against Israel.
Cuba has exported 3000 so called doctors to Venezuela which give assitance to teh Farc Guerrilas and also spy both Colombia and Venezuela.
Terrorists from the ETA the Basque terrorist groups have tie to Cuban Training and they also harbor fugitives from that group.
There also 700 fugitives from the US living in cuba.
Cuba has not stopped jailing Dissidents and beating them on the streets ,women and men.
It has not stop executions by firing squads.
So why should the US want to talk to them or allow their citizens to mingle with taht crapola ?

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Peter Perez says on Jul 7, 2008, 15:30:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27UpygYZ-Js&feature=related

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kalder says on Jul 11, 2008, 10:31:

Nothing has brought the world greater misery than Communism. Far from US policy towards Cuba being 'kind of evil', I find it highly principled and moral.

"A piece of cheese may entrap a mouse, but a bicycle could ensnare the Imperial Chancellor."~~An Bai Kuang

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august says on Jul 11, 2008, 13:29:

But is it effective?

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august says on Jul 14, 2008, 07:25:

I dunno. What is the policy objective? To contain the Castro regime? If that´s the case, I suppose we could say the policy has been effective. But if it´s to bring down the Castro regime, I feel like 50 some years is a long ass time to wait to achieve a policy objective. Perhaps if the latter is indeed the objective, there are alternatives which could be much more effective. There have been plenty of cases of grosser examples of civilian suppression where the US has acted much quicker to challenge the status quo.

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greg says on Jul 28, 2008, 18:09:

Peter Perez, you make some pretty interesting comments. Could you provide some links to the info, especially about Cuba training Palestinians and the spy doctors

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greg says on Jul 29, 2008, 15:21:

Thats what i was thinking. Why would someone from that region go to Cuba to learn how to blow something up?

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Ken says on Oct 3, 2008, 23:15:

Why the hell does the US do business with Vietnam?

All those GIs in Hanoi Hilton.

Why with Saudi Arabia, where the human rights are 3 times worse (I've spent significant time in both countries).

You'll never change them with the embargo. They'll just turn further inwards and into the arms of he likes of Sr Hugo.

Thinga will change when they discover a super giant oilfield off the coast, or when those old Cubanos in Florida pass away.

Anyway, by then, the US will be as poor as Cuba, the way things are going.

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Albatross says on Mar 3, 2009, 10:45:

"Palestinians are trained in Cuba to carry attacks against Israel."

Thats ridiculous

“Democracy - a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance." - H.L. Mencken

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