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In response to "Essentially "this will provide the economic lift to keep the Castros in control for generations to come." -- nm" by MDH

I'm not sure why you'd think that's incredibly stupid.

Posted by Will Hunting (aka JoeMetz) Dec 17 '14, 09:42

Americans are the economic super-power...we will spend millions if not billions of dollars there. If the Castro's are in power, a reasonable amount of that money is going to end up in their pockets.

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It's baffling that you think that this isn't the case elsewhere... -- nm - Shaun Dec 17, 09:48 1
- You're confusing my pointing out he's probably right about what he said with "it should be our policy" - Will Hunting Dec 17, 09:50
I just go back to my IM below. Why do we really care at this point. -- nm - pmb Dec 17, 09:46 5
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  - I have no basis for knowing how extensive they are though. I know many people who have travelled there and none who have remarked or noted obvious - pmb Dec 17, 09:58 2
    - The abuses would be political prisoners and people disappearing. -- nm - spamlet Dec 17, 10:02 1
      - Understood. But glass houses and all. Order of magnitude matters. We still have open relations with China. Is Cuba worse? -- nm - pmb Dec 17, 10:47
- Totally different conversation. - Will Hunting Dec 17, 09:47
As opposed to The embargo which really shut down the Castros. He's just pandering. -- nm - MDH Dec 17, 09:45 1
- We only gave it 50 years to work. We just need to be more committed to it. -- nm - pmb Dec 17, 09:48

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I'm not sure why you'd think that's incredibly stupid.

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