• fiat_lux@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    The US this year has launched airstrikes in Syria, Somalia and possibly Yemen. That is not somehow better, just because they’re not a European country. And even if it were better, another country doing really shitty things is not a good argument for why a separate country can do maybe-less-shitty-but-still-shitty things.

    Cuba has been under full trade embargo by the US for over 60 years, after the US Bay of Pigs Invasion failure. Russia only has sanctions and embargoes by the US on some products though, despite invading a European country. How does that happen?

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      1 year ago

      The Russian population in the USA isn’t demanding we embargo Russia whereas it is Cuban-Americans leading that charge in FL.

      Edit changed Cubans to Cuban-Americans as TheDankHold pointed out my error.

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        Cuban-Americans are americans. They’re not citizens of Cuba. And just because a minority wants an embargo on another country doesn’t mean you should just play world police. That’s not your place to decide who trades with whom. If you don’t wanna do trade with them, then don’t.

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        It is actually Americans leading that charge, they’ve been here long enough to qualify as Americans first and foremost imo. And that doesn’t mean anything regardless, how do the citizens that live on the island feel about the embargo?

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          1 year ago

          Thanks I edited my comment to reflect the necessary change.

          Why should Cubans determine the policy of other countries? Do I get a say in how Cuba does business?

          Im not asking those flippantly. What you are suggesting makes no sense given how reality functions.