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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 08:01 PM Original message |
Cuba says US should lift embargo unconditionally |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. Cuba is correct about this. Who knew islands could talk? nt |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. And kill a US political campaign cash cow? ARE THEY CRAZY? |
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Louisiana1976 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. Agree--Obama was clueless to extend the embargo for another year. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
4. But then we will lose the support of the Cuban community in Florida |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 09:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Ever growing numbers are. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
5. I agree |
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twitomy (756 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
6. What? The Communist Utopia cant get along without goodies |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 09:49 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Everyday Americans are travel banned from Cuba by US government. |
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Dumak (397 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 12:11 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Take a good hard look at these tables of infant morality rates... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 12:16 AM Response to Reply #6 |
16. Did you miss it? The Cold War is over! |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 06:07 AM Response to Reply #6 |
18. What country does get along without international trade? |
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Lagomorph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:25 PM Response to Reply #18 |
39. Not everyone here... |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 12:00 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. In fairness |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 12:06 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. Pavlovian stimulus: mention Cuba. Reflex response: cut-and-paste RW talking points... |
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twitomy (756 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. Your right, I have a negative pavlovian response to any |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 03:16 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. But apparently not Honduras, Mexico, Egypt, Israel (in Palestine)... |
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twitomy (756 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 03:31 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. The list provided is the worst of the worst. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 03:53 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. No it's not. |
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twitomy (756 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:57 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Lets see...if I had to live |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:29 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Can you tell me the reason why people "flee" Mexico... |
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Xicano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:50 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. And can you elaborate why that reason exists? |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:38 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Who can forget Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe and Indonesia and ... ? |
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Xicano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:09 PM Response to Reply #29 |
38. So you have a negative paviovian to the United States? |
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Xicano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
36. I wonder how well our economy would do if we were exiled from the rest of the world? |
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excess_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
7. what exactly, can't Cuba buy from places other than the US? .nt |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 09:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. The US embargo sanctions foreign and domestic corporations that do sell to Cuba |
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excess_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 09:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. OK, what can't Cuba get? .nt |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:56 AM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Cuba has to pay higher prices to 3rd part suppliers and shipping is more expensive.. |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 11:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. so all foreign companies do business with the US? |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 12:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. So, Cuba should just print some money like the US. |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 12:53 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. the money needs to be worth something so printing money isn't the answer |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
12. Shame on Obama for caving to the Miami gusamo mafia. |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
14. other countries' reactions to Helms Burton |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 12:08 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. They are compelled by US law if they want to do biz in the US. |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 12:59 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. not endorsing the embargo, just saying Helms Burton isn't the excuse you make it to be |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 01:17 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Seems to you? And your experience in Cuba is? |
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wroberts189 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
17. Who is worse..or more dangerous, Cuba or China? nt |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 12:07 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. US, Russia, and EU are each 10 to 100 times as dangerous as the ones you mention. |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
25. We lost 58,000 Americans in the Vietnam... |
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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
40. The embargo makes the US look petty and fearful. |
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