Trump bans American businesses from doing business with Cuba (opens in new tab)

(nytimes.com)

3 pointsshifte8y ago2 comments

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I'm having a hard time recalling when a policy of isolating a communist country has worked to democratize it.

Can anyone think of one?

“We will not be silent in the face of communist oppression any longer,”

... but we will be happy to sell weapons to the saudis and keep buying their oil while they oppress their people?

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I'm having a hard time recalling when a policy of isolating a communist country has worked to democratize it.

Can anyone think of one?

“We will not be silent in the face of communist oppression any longer,”

... but we will be happy to sell weapons to the saudis and keep buying their oil while they oppress their people?

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse