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**furillo** · 02-28-2008, 08:41 PM

Originally posted by Wezil
Okay. I wasn't sure what your point was.

Some Cubans are opposed and are in jail others are opposed and have fled the country. I'm sure many others have decided that STFU is the best policy. There's a difference between opposed to the government and opposed to certain policies of the government. If people in canada were considered opposed to the government just because they opposed cetain policy you might think most of them were opposed to the government as well.
Why doesn't the government call a free and fair vote and see what Cubans really think? They fought a revolution. Isn't that enough? The enemies are still very powerfull. As Castro has stated, "I stay in power because the US tries so hard to remove me"

The South African embargo worked b/c it was virtually universal. The same could not be said of Cuba. As a client state of the Soviets for years they always had their support and these days fat-assed Canadians and Spaniards lying on Cuban beaches brings in the money. Good point. There is not much opposition to Cuba, just the hard line capitalists.

02-28-2008, 08:41 PM	#11
furillo Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 439 Senior Member	Originally posted by Wezil Okay. I wasn't sure what your point was. Some Cubans are opposed and are in jail others are opposed and have fled the country. I'm sure many others have decided that STFU is the best policy. There's a difference between opposed to the government and opposed to certain policies of the government. If people in canada were considered opposed to the government just because they opposed cetain policy you might think most of them were opposed to the government as well. Why doesn't the government call a free and fair vote and see what Cubans really think? They fought a revolution. Isn't that enough? The enemies are still very powerfull. As Castro has stated, "I stay in power because the US tries so hard to remove me" The South African embargo worked b/c it was virtually universal. The same could not be said of Cuba. As a client state of the Soviets for years they always had their support and these days fat-assed Canadians and Spaniards lying on Cuban beaches brings in the money. Good point. There is not much opposition to Cuba, just the hard line capitalists.
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