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| BBC - UN votes against US Cuba embargo for 12th consecutive year |
| 2003-11-05 |
| The United Nations General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly for an end to the United States’ 40-year-old economic embargo against Cuba. I love it when the the UN votes to regulate our economic activity with another sovereign nation. The vote marks the 12th consecutive year that the assembly has called for an end to the blockade. Must be a blockade of stalth ships. I sailed to and past Cuba multiple times and never ran into the wall of floating steel. Only three nations voted against the motion - the US, Israel and the Marshall Islands. Two others abstained. I think trade with Cuba should be mandatory for all nations that voted for this resolution - except our coalition of three. Jam a cubano between your teeth, immediately. Fire it up for Fidel. Heres a handfull to get you started. Don’t be shy. Here’s some for the kids too. "The blockade is a cruel and absurd policy that finds no support within or outside the United States," Cuban Foreign Minister Perez Roque said. Let us immediately make all cruel and absurd policies illegal. All you Islamic Republics and wannabes sign here. "The crime being committed against Cuba today could very well be committed against any other country tomorrow." Do I committ a crime against Food Lion? I buy all my groceries at Wallmart - just trying to support the undocumented cleanup crew. |
| Posted by:Super Hose |
| #8 The sooner we open trade with Cuba the sooner the trial lawyers can destroy their economy. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2003-11-5 8:44:26 PM |
| #7 I am for keeping the situation where its at until I see Castro stop destabilizing every "free market" government in South America. A Reuters story indicates that I would be in the vast minority in Mississippi. Mississippi Rolls Out Red Carpet for Cuban Trade |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-11-5 12:22:55 PM |
| #6 "Crime" against Cuba? Since when is refusing to trade with a country an international crime? Where is the international law specifying that a country MUST trade with another? The UN appears to be getting wierder and wierder all the time - when did they last do a reality check? |
| Posted by: rabidfox 2003-11-5 12:21:11 PM |
| #5 The embargo is cruel, eh. But repressing the natural yearning of the human spirit to live free is... ... oh, totally normal to the UN. Forgot about that. Carry on. |
| Posted by: eLarson 2003-11-5 11:35:32 AM |
| #4 Jarhead, you forgot option 4) all of the above. |
| Posted by: Yank 2003-11-5 11:03:37 AM |
| #3 This embargo makes NO sense--except in the context of political pandering by BOTH parties to South Florida Cuban-Americans. Now, however there's quite a few midwestern congressmen getting pressured to open up agricultural trade with Cuba in OUR national interest. To enforce the Cuban embargo while free trading with China is the height of hypocrisy. If the Cuban people interacted with Americans-and our way of life-it would all be over for Fidel. By isolating them and not engaging--we've done a disservice to the Cuban people. |
| Posted by: Not Mike Moore 2003-11-5 11:00:08 AM |
| #2 US counter-argument: 1) Castro steps down - no more embargo. 2) We repeal head-of-state assassination act - kill Castro & his supporters (operation smoke a cuban) - no more embargo. 3) None of your business UN - go f*ck yourself. |
| Posted by: Jarhead 2003-11-5 9:48:01 AM |
| #1 I agree the US should change policies but since there is no blockade these tools undermine their own story. |
| Posted by: Yank 2003-11-5 9:00:52 AM |