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As long as Fidel is alive - keep the embargo. When he's finally worm food, lift it. So I had to vote "keep embargo".
Yeah probably would.So you'd be fine if Fidel is dead but Raul is still in charge? I mean the dude has an artificial anus, he's pretty much dead or dying for all practical purposes
Yeah probably would.
I voted to keep the embargo, until cubans stop trying to swim to fla something still stinks in cuba and if you talk to any cubans that have made it to florida...they tell a whole different side of fidel and cuba that we dont ever get to hear....hes a dirtbag...leave the embargo until a human being runs the country
I dunno, I think if we lifted it we'd have more Cuban exiles coming over.
Why?
Does your opinion have anything to do with what is best for the US? If so, how does your position benefit the US?
I think the pressure needs to stay till Fidel and his brother are no longer in charge...Leopards dont change their spots and if you go to south florida the cubans utterly hate fidel...there has to be reasons that we dont know for it to be that intense...
Who will benefit the most, the US or Cuba?
I voted to keep the embargo, until cubans stop trying to swim to fla something still stinks in cuba and if you talk to any cubans that have made it to florida...they tell a whole different side of fidel and cuba that we dont ever get to hear....hes a dirtbag...leave the embargo until a human being runs the country
Well, there's the argument that the pressure would be a lot more effective if you lift the embargo. Just playing devil's advocate here, not saying i necessarily agree with that, but I think on the whole both countries would be better off if it's lifted.
The problem with this is that the heavy-handed approach has not been working for 50 years. Why would it suddenly work in the next few years? The Castro Brothers are not terribly popular with the Cuban people, but as long as there is an embargo, they can just point to the boogeyman and say, "You need us. If it weren't for us, you would not survive against the Americans." Once the embargo is lifted, the Castros have nothing to fall back on. Increased trade would also improve the Cuban economy, and when people don't have to worry that much about where their next meal will come from they become a lot more observant of their government's abuses. Trying to strangle communism out of Cuba has only served to make it more entrenched. It is time for Washington to try a different way.
That could very well be still...Im not adamantly opposed to it...Im basically conceding to the Cubans who im sure know more than I
A question is not an answer. If you expect me to answer your question, then I'll expect you to answer my question
ALot of what you say is true...and I believe alot of it especially with guys my age who lived through the cuban crisis...I know Fidel hates us deeply he wanted Russia to annihilate us...he tried to get Krushchev to nuke us...hence the missile sites in cuba that JFK rightfully took a firm stance against....Alot of it has been punishment and retribution that act of war against us..
You didn't ask me the question. Now answer mine.
ALot of what you say is true...and I believe alot of it especially with guys my age who lived through the cuban crisis...I know Fidel hates us deeply he wanted Russia to annihilate us...he tried to get Krushchev to nuke us...hence the missile sites in cuba that JFK rightfully took a firm stance against....Alot of it has been punishment and retribution that act of war against us..
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