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Demeter

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2. And they say the US has no historical knowledge

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Wed Sep 24, 2014, 03:48 PM

Sep 2014

but it can hold a grudge for 50 years, if the Cosa Nostra was slighted or ripped off....

US relations with Cuba were anything but peaceful, honorable, and friendly before Castro came along. Same old, same old. How dare the Cubans insist on a national identity and people-centered government?

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Obama’s Sanctimonious Human Rights Argument Against Cuba [View all] Judi Lynn Sep 2014 OP

Said, as we enlist the aid of Saudi Arabia to bomb Iraq and Syria... Scootaloo Sep 2014 #1

And they say the US has no historical knowledge Demeter Sep 2014 #2

Cuba, what a great economic, political, and social example of liberty Bacchus4.0 Sep 2014 #3

So you did not agree that any of those things needed to be changed in the US? BrotherIvan Sep 2014 #5

I had to look a few times to see if this was the onion BrotherIvan Sep 2014 #4