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Marksman_91

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7. Hmm, that's interesting

Reply to Mika (Reply #5)

Thu Apr 17, 2014, 02:33 AM

Apr 2014

So he admits that 50 years of "revolution" aren't gonna hold up in today's world. Guess that's what happens when the country you were sucking the teat from collapses, and the second one you attempt to suck from is on the same path. Of course, they're just gonna go with the excuse that the US embargo is all to blame, even though, you know, that doesn't keep any other country or non-US based company from investing in their economy.

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Is This the Moment to Normalize US Relations With Cuba? [View all] Mika Apr 2014 OP

Don't forget we've had Ileana Ros-Lehtinen running the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, too. Judi Lynn Apr 2014 #1

Ain't gonna happen until after Fidel takes his dirt nap Zorro Apr 2014 #2

Maybe you haven't heard this yet: Fidel is retired. No longer running anything. Mika Apr 2014 #3

Normalization leanforward Apr 2014 #4

Fidel: 'Cuban Model Doesn't Even Work for Us Anymore' Mika Apr 2014 #5

Terrific! I remember reading about this journalist when he was had made contact with Fidel Castro, Judi Lynn Apr 2014 #6

Hmm, that's interesting Marksman_91 Apr 2014 #7

It would seem silly to someone who has no awareness of the extraterritorial aspects Judi Lynn Apr 2014 #8

Gotta love the know-nothing Cuba "experts" here. Mika Apr 2014 #12

Yes. nt Flatulo Apr 2014 #9

The embargo was a nefarious decision that should have never been taken ChangoLoa Apr 2014 #10

+1000. We don't agree on much, but on this we do. Mika Apr 2014 #11