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Continue Cuban Embargo Because Communism! (Original Post) circlethesquare Dec 2014 OP
Yes, Continue It! Ryan Fitzomething Dec 2014 #1
WRONG!!!! heaven05 Dec 2014 #2
Ever Picked Up Cubans in A Boat Wat Too Small for Their Number... Ryan Fitzomething Dec 2014 #5
I applaud heaven05 Dec 2014 #6
If we wait for Fidel and Raul to die the Cuban people randr Dec 2014 #4
Human rights violations in Cuba? No, it's "enhanced interrogation"not the same thing W T F Dec 2014 #3
 

Ryan Fitzomething

(139 posts)
1. Yes, Continue It!
Wed Dec 24, 2014, 02:47 PM
Dec 2014

The Castros and their ilk have done more harm to Cuba than any embargo ever could. We should have waited till Fidel and Raul were both in the ground before even beginning normalization.

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
2. WRONG!!!!
Wed Dec 24, 2014, 04:48 PM
Dec 2014

thank the fates, we do have a level headed POTUS. Something that's been missing before he showed up.

 

Ryan Fitzomething

(139 posts)
5. Ever Picked Up Cubans in A Boat Wat Too Small for Their Number...
Wed Dec 24, 2014, 05:31 PM
Dec 2014

...trying to escape that hellhole? Well, me and my mates have. Numerous times. And the pictures painted by these people, who have risked their lives to get out, AREN'T PRETTY!

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
6. I applaud
Wed Dec 24, 2014, 07:27 PM
Dec 2014

you and your mates. Still I know that this opening up of relations is a GOOD thing, regardless of your experience. Period.

randr

(12,411 posts)
4. If we wait for Fidel and Raul to die the Cuban people
Wed Dec 24, 2014, 05:29 PM
Dec 2014

will blame us for their suffering and we will have an enormous mess on our hands.

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