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re: How long until until Fidel and Raul Castro are invited to the White House?
Posted on 12/20/14 at 11:05 am to weagle99
Posted on 12/20/14 at 11:05 am to weagle99
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Can you refute that this isn't a victory for Fidel Castro, the man who was willing to incinerate your family a few decades ago?
Such a drama queen....it's a victory for freedom. Castro is nearly dead and his country will now be inundated by the light of freedom. The best, proven way to crush authoritarian regimes is to expose them to the free markets. The embargo punished the Cuban people and entrenched the regime. The embargo was wholly ineffective. Refute that.
Posted on 12/20/14 at 11:10 am to cwill
lol at weagle downvoting everyones posts.
Posted on 12/20/14 at 11:10 am to cwill
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The embargo punished the Cuban people and entrenched the regime. The embargo was wholly ineffective. Refute that.
Do the Cubans not have an entire planet they can trade with besides the US?
Do you not think the regime will use this event as a propaganda for getting over on the US?
I find it troubling that so many of you put the US and the same moral footing as the thug Castro brothers.
Posted on 12/20/14 at 3:04 pm to cwill
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The embargo was wholly ineffective. Refute that.
At the time when Castro took over and stole billions of dollars of American property, he used that money to support leftist regimes and revolutionary movements throughout the world. He funded them, sent doctors to them, and sent troops to them to try and set up communists governments elsewhere. As the Cuban economy crumbled he couldnt do that anymore.
Also I think that possibly the only place that a communist government could survive indefinitely is a place like Cuba. Relatively small population (around 10 million), plenty of farmland, tourists attractions, and very close to the largest economy in the world. Government run hotels, resorts, and casinos would be everywhere. If American dollars had been pouring in for the last 40 years, and the government was getting all of it, they would be rich. And Cuba would be held up as a shining example that communism can work.
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