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Cuba sí! Yankee see!

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  • 16-04-2009 7:59am
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    Black Swan
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    After decades of denying tourism to Cuba by US citizens (except under special circumstances), Obama has lifted part of the ban as pertains to those wanting to visit family members in Cuba?

    Source: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/hotelcheckin/post/2009/04/65440227/1

    What says the Party of No? People of other persuasions?


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    bobbyjoe
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    About time. If the US allowed normal trade and travel with Cuba Castro would be long gone. Was in Cuba a few years ago, the embargo unites them against the US and with Castro.


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    Black Swan
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    Does anyone find it amusing that during the campaign Obama once said that he preferred to normalise the US relations with Cuba? Now, months later he is doing it?


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    Overheal
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    A Politician living up to campaign promises?

    A strange new world...


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    banquo
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    Scary stuff indeed.

    I welcome this measure.


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    wyk
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    Blue_Lagoon wrote: »
    Does anyone find it amusing that during the campaign Obama once said that he preferred to normalise the US relations with Cuba? Now, months later he is doing it?

    It's good to see a politician deliver on a promise. Yes, it IS amusing in that this rarely happens.

    About Cuba, most of you are too young to understand truly why the US has been at odds for so long. Castro took us within minutes of nuclear war with Russia, had warheads in his country pointed at the US, and was willing to use nuclear warheads against the USA to gain further favor with Russia. Robert McNamara says a lot about it in his memoirs, books and the documentary "Fog Of War". Such a thing is actually unforgivable. And, to be honest, Obama would not be speaking with Fidel Castro about easing relations. Only the fact Fidel is nearly dead allows Obama to keep his campaign promise.

    As for me? Yes, now that Fidel is effectively out, I think it would be best to subvert their government by submerging their culture in ours and turning it into a big tourist trap for the US. Eventually their regime will lose control and be toppled or adopt democracy. In the short run, it would make it easier for me to get Cuban cigars locally instead of having to go into Mexico.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOoOcIFhaoA


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