Our current trade policy toward Cuba is not consistent.

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Tom Brosz — 1/4/2006 9:38:55 PM (archived)

You could make a valid moral case for not trading with any communist country. You could also make a pragmatic case that such trade tends to liberalize nations, and is good for our cost of living.

It's pretty hard to justify doing both at the same time.

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First it was Castro, then Chavez, and now Morales: You Americans make a lot of enemies. Why? - Jacob Samorodin - 1/3/2006 6:53:28 PM
- Morales is a drug lord. Would you prefer we have friends like him? (n/t) - Lee - 1/4/2006 9:24:30 AM
  - We already do........ - Lindy - 1/4/2006 5:44:20 PM
- Take a look back at the history of other Marxist nations - Tom Brosz - 1/3/2006 8:46:40 PM
  - re: I hear ya brother. - Scott evil - 1/4/2006 5:39:42 AM
  - Castro threw out the Mafia, and the US chased Cuba to the Soviets. - Bowser - 1/4/2006 4:43:34 AM
    - re: Ah the old Communism would work if only the "commies" were really commies argument. - Scott Evil - 1/4/2006 5:42:47 AM
      - Maybe, but he does have a point about trade with Vietnam and Cuba. - Tom Brosz - 1/4/2006 5:51:24 AM
        
        re: Maybe, or maybe not. - Scott Evil - 1/4/2006 6:09:33 AM
        
        Our current trade policy toward Cuba is not consistent. - Tom Brosz - 1/4/2006 9:38:55 PM
  - When Castro dies, Cuban Communism will die with him. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 1/3/2006 11:28:01 PM
    - re: I hope you are correct. I need to study the Cuban fiasco more before I agree with your statement 100% - Scott Evil - 1/4/2006 6:13:31 AM
- Explain to me, patiently cause I'm not so smart, how Chavez and Morales are Anti-American. - et - 1/3/2006 7:17:44 PM
  - I know. At first, I found it hard to believe, too. - Sam F. - 1/4/2006 3:17:31 AM
  - I honestly can't believe anyone not living in a cave could have written that. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/3/2006 8:43:19 PM
    - Then you explain it slurmaster.... (n/t) - et - 1/3/2006 9:46:42 PM

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