While I was watching some Halliburton related Senate hearing I heard a Senator Sherrod Brown, a Democrat from Ohio, mention that Cuba was included in the Trading with the Enemies Act. This caused me to once again ask the obvious question that has never once in my lifetime been answered, not by a US politician and surely not by the US establishment media: why is Cuba my enemy? Sure, I have heard the dreaded “C” word, “communist”, but like the word itself nobody in the media has ever told me why communism is bad, why a country that chooses communism as an economic system is a threat to me or any American for that matter, or why the people of that nation should be made to suffer because they are not capitalists.
I hear the word “communist” used as an insult constantly, but I never heard anyone who uses that word explain why a communist should be considered an enemy of the United States forget an enemy of mine! I have never been threatened by a communist. The capitalist system on the other hand has scared the hell out of me. The IRS has harassed me about returns that they claim I did not send. I feared for my life for the three or so years that I went without health insurance. My credit card company started charging me $10 for paying my bill over the phone. I see veterans who risked their lives for our nation living on the streets in this country. I see people all over who can’t read, can’t do math, are absolutely clueless about what goes on in the world, and I am watching the cost of an education skyrocket to a point where only a very small percentage of the population in this nation will be able to afford an education; a rather pathetic development for a proud nation with any hope of a future. Yet for some reason I am told all the time that Cuba is my enemy! Why Cuba?
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This guy needs to go to Little Havana and ask them what makes Cuba so bad. I find it funny how often people critique Guantanamo but at the same time have no problem with the Cuban government which deals with political dissidents using more severe tactics.
I don't think this guy was saying the Cuban government didn't do "bad" things. I took his question literally: "Why is Cuba my enemy?"
Just because their tactics in dealing with political dissidents may be more severe than things going at at Guantanamo doesn't make Cuba a threat to the U.S.
I took his rant as: how do Cuba and Venezuela threaten America? and he was looking for clear answers to that question.
Going to Havana and asking them what makes Cuba so bad does not answer his question. Yes, Cuba does "bad" things to their prisoners. But so do many countries, most recently the U.S. But I don't see this as the point of his rant.
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