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return2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 8 months ago

Biden’s Cuba Policy Leaves the Island in Wreckage

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Biden’s Cuba Policy Leaves the Island in Wreckage

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return2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 8 months ago
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    No it isn’t. It’s not the fault of the fault of the US that Cuba ran out of clean water, electricity and food. They are inept, and no longer supported by the Soviet Union and Venezuela. Venezuela ran out of toilet paper once, and people blamed the US. Ridiculous

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      So can I tie someone down to a set of train tracks and absolve myself of any culpability when they eventually get run over by a train?

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        The easy response is that they tied themselves to the tracks. Besides human rights abuses, there’s this.

        https://www.state.gov/reports/country-reports-on-terrorism-2019/cuba/#%3A~%3Atext=Overview%3A+Cuba+was+designated+as%2Cguerrilla+groups+and+individual+terrorists.

        The US can choose who it does business with.

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          The easy response is that they tied themselves to the tracks.

          No they really didn’t and you’re intentionally deflecting the point. Relationships were being normalized. True, Trump walked them back. But Biden campaigned on bringing it back and not only did he fail on it, he made them worse. And people wonder why Democrats aren’t getting as many latino voters. You’re insistence on deflecting the blame is counter-productive to the kind of discussions needed for a healthy political climate in America.

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            Cuba never lived up to its side of the deal. Free and fair elections were not held, prisoners were not released and the safe haven for terrorists was maintained. Takes two to tango. Still, their present situation is not due to an embargo. That’s. Simply their excuse.

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          Look what you made us do.

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