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jpbollma

(552 posts)
Thu May 24, 2012, 11:45 PM May 2012

About Cuba and other nations..I will post this again..please help me understand if I am wrong


I don't get all the hate. It seems like she's (Mariala Castro) is trying to do a social good by promotion gay rights. I try not to judge their government any more harshly than our own. I know they haven't started any wars. I know women and gays have a large number of rights there. I know races are very intermixed there. I know here in the US money buys you your office. I know all states get two senators no matter their population. I know we have guantanamo. I know Gore had more votes than Bush. I know we have used drugs and biological weapons on our own citizens. I know we have the Patriot Act. I know millions of children go hungry while we have sweet sixteen parties on MTV. I know we have killed 500,000 Iraqi's based on War Crimes. I could go on. You get my drift. Are they really any worse than us?
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About Cuba and other nations..I will post this again..please help me understand if I am wrong (Original Post) jpbollma May 2012 OP
No. You're not wrong. PDJane May 2012 #1
Welcome to DU jberryhill May 2012 #2
Sugar cane Ruby the Liberal May 2012 #3
Welcome to DU. No country is perfect. No country is totally demonic either. JDPriestly May 2012 #4
i think the U.S. government is afraid of Cuba joelz May 2012 #5

PDJane

(10,103 posts)
1. No. You're not wrong.
Thu May 24, 2012, 11:54 PM
May 2012

The whole problem is that Cuba decided to throw the US out when their promotion of sugar cane started to threaten the well-being of Cuba. You simply can't do that to the US, you know. Especially if you pick a 'dictator' like Castro.

The US is pulling the same kind of stuff with Iran, for the same reason. You can only be independent if your economic goals are tied to the US interest.

Otherwise, you get embargoes and hate. It's repulsive, but there you have it.

joelz

(185 posts)
5. i think the U.S. government is afraid of Cuba
Fri May 25, 2012, 03:16 AM
May 2012

free health care,free universities,so many doctors they export them for exports or to aid poor countries if the embargo ever came off their standard of living would rise and that could give other counties ideas,the 1%ters who fled after batistas dictatorship was trashed keep things stirred up pretty good from their haven in s. Florida.

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