If we "hate" Cuba so much, why do we do buisness with China?

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there seems to be something odd going on.

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If Taiwan were a U.S. state with real-life electoral votes, we would treat China the same way we do Cuba.

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Cuba is a US perversion that no US politician has the balls to face up to, so it continues. Being American means behing anti-Cuban by definition, by genetics. Cuba's also an extremely poor, minuscule country so US corps don't see much sense in operating there or trying to get the bullis in the US govt to open Cuba up, compared the wealth and enormity of China.

Communism has nothing to do with US's attitude towards either country.

I'd love the Obama and Dems destroy all blockades and regulations blocking business and travel with Cuba, catch up with the rest of the world.

The big, badassed US govt bullies this week has disabled and blocked the domain names of a UK citizen who is based overseas and who promoted tourist business to Cuba.

You stay classy, dubya, to the very end.

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There's a number of reasons, none of which are really good ones, but reasons nonetheless. The proximity of a communist state to the U.S., Castro's thumbing his nose at the U.S. ...basically, it boils down to "it's personal" when it comes to Cuba.

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But its bullshit when the idea is trying to be sold to us.

[Extra Stout]

There's a number of reasons, none of which are really good ones, but reasons nonetheless. The proximity of a communist state to the U.S., Castro's thumbing his nose at the U.S. ...basically, it boils down to "it's personal" when it comes to Cuba.
I always thought it had to do with placating the Cuban-American community in Florida in order to capture that state's electoral votes. The exiles are largely the descendants of the elites in pre-Communist Cuba.

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china could be listening.

don't shit on sugardaddy.

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Fidel Castro, the First Super Delegate

http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/174903

[PixelPusher]

I always thought it had to do with placating the Cuban-American community in Florida in order to capture that state's electoral votes. The exiles are largely the descendants of the elites in pre-Communist Cuba.
Yeah, I almost listed that one too, but are they really as powerful a lobby as they are given credit for? I kinda wonder about that...

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Yeah, I almost listed that one too, but are they really as powerful a lobby as they are given credit for? I kinda wonder about that...
They're powerful enough to cost an incumbent Florida.

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It's the whole bay of pigs thing......Fidel found out about the plot and captured a bunch of descendants and mercenaries, trained in South America and fighting alongside the CIA to 'liberate' Cuba for the ex-casino owners, and they all got dead....that's likely what sparked the whole JFK assassination too....