• IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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    21 days ago

    You can control a nation’s ability to import and receive nuclear weapons, especially if you are trying to control the supply of arms … it doesn’t mean you get to starve and decimate an entire country just because you don’t like their politics or they don’t happen to support you.

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      21 days ago

      doesn’t mean you get to starve and decimate an entire country just because you don’t like their politics

      I think the history of the US and every other imperial power ever would disagree.

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      21 days ago

      So, while I would agree, politics has unfortunate side effects, both internal cuban politics, and external cuban politics, as the cuban exiles really, REALLY want to get all their shit back.

      We shouldn’t be in it, but our Cubans hijacked a large part of our politics by living in such a strong swing state, so we’re at the mercy of them as much as anyone.