Cuba likes to arm other rogue commies. Let em rot until they figure it out.
An ideological shift inside a country can occur if the various right pressures are applied. New leadership can bring new scenery and new opportunities for those who would be so inclined. Shoring up this hemisphere should absolutely be a strategic imperative.
Cubans have decided they want communism. Let them keep it and its consequences until they see fit.
I say lift the embargo at once. A wave of capitalism will wash the last vestiges of communism right out to sea.
All communism needs is capitalisms money to sustain itself. We saw this in the USSR, we see it now in China. Adopt capitalist principles and keep the same marxist fail and they are GTG for decades.
They have been communist for decades with the embargo, its hard to argue that communism would flourish without one. The truth is, you let capitalism into cuba and the Cuban people will see for themselves the superiority of liberty and free markets and demand it for themselves.All communism needs is capitalisms money to sustain itself. We saw this in the USSR, we see it now in China. Adopt capitalist principles and keep the same marxist fail and they are GTG for decades.
Earlier this year the fam and I took a cruise to Cozumel from Florida. The cab driver was a native of Cuba and as I tend to do, struck up a conversation to learn a little about his world. He urged me to visit Cuba, offering tips on getting there while avoiding US state department monitoring, assuring me the Cuban government cooperates with American visitors and will not stamp our passports, etc. Odd, because I thought Cuban immigrants were strong advocates for the embargo and this guy was very supportive of wanting me to break it, beaming about how great their tourism industry is and that although a dictatorship "is nothing like North Korea." In case you're wondering, I'm not going to break US law and go there but it was interesting to hear his sales pitch.
On the cruise, we got really close to Cuba. The captain got on the PA system and encouraged us to enjoy the view the island's northern coast.
Recently the UN passed its 23rd resolution urging the US to end the embargo.
Should JFK's embargo on Cuba be ended? Is a dictatorship 90 miles from the US unacceptable and therefore the embargo should be continued? If you think it should be, do you think the labeling of the Predident as "a Marxist" by some in his opposition has created too much of a political liability for the president to end it? Should we base our Cuban policy on the will of Cuban immigrants and their offspring in America as they are most affected? International politics aside, do you think lifting the embargo would adversely affect the US economy? Should we consider tourism dollars in Florida, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands being lost to Cuba? Should we consider more manufacturing jobs leaving America and relocating to Cuba and American agriculture suffering due to new citrus, potato, poultry, cattle and other imports especially in the present economy? Would lifting the Cuban embargo encourage and make easier more immigration from a Latin American country and if so is that a problem? Do embargoes hurt the wrong people; the innocent people living under an oppressive government while the power-holders continue live a life of luxury regardless? Anyhow, those are my thoughts. I'm undecided but curious about how others felt.
For 23rd time, U.N. nations urge end to U.S. embargo on Cuba | Reuters
China is not little "c" communist. They are big "C" Communist in respect they are dominated by a Communist Party which upholds corporatist-capitalist principles.
They have been communist for decades with the embargo, its hard to argue that communism would flourish without one. The truth is, you let capitalism into cuba and the Cuban people will see for themselves the superiority of liberty and free markets and demand it for themselves.
Can someone please explain to me the purpose of the embargo? I've never understood it given the other commie countries we trade with.
All communism needs is capitalisms money to sustain itself. We saw this in the USSR, we see it now in China. Adopt capitalist principles and keep the same marxist fail and they are GTG for decades.
China is not little "c" communist. They are big "C" Communist in respect they are dominated by a Communist Party which upholds corporatist-capitalist principles.
Cuba is small, right off our coast, and would be subject to heavy US influence. It is hard to argue that the embargo has had any influence on communism in Cuba since it is still going strong after 60 years. Lift the embargo and open Cuba to the free flow of goods, people and ideas and communism cannot survive.Thats a rosy assessment. Why dont we see that in China? Because China adapted, to keep its communism by funding it with capitalism.
Frankly, they probably only held on this long (if you can call it that) because of foreign money coming in from other nations who dont have an embargo.
And they were again just recently busted trading arms with N. Korea. They are telling us they dont want to play by the rules, so let em rot.
True enough. They tried socialism and the result was tens of millions starved to death. They're smarter than to go back to that.
More like they tried intense Stalinist collectivism.
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