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Originally posted by Spanky
For the past forty years Castro has condemned his entire nation to abject poverty. In addition, to stay in power he has imprisoned thousands and tortured thousands. He is one of the top human rights abusers in the world. He also has tried and keeps trying to promote his wonderful system of government throughout the world.
The main reason for not taking him out before was his backing from the Soviet Union. He no longer has that backing. His military is pathetic and his people don't support him (otherwise he wouldn't have such a problem with calling elections). Taking him out would not be that difficult.
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So do you think Cuba is the most pressing place the U.S. should apply its interventionist capital?
FWIW, I am partly - even mostly - on your side here. I think human rights and the unique place America occupies in the world give us reason and even obligation at times to intervene where there is disaster and degradation. However, there are a million places we could go, so you have to have other factors, or at least some special ones. Is being Western Hemisphere sufficient? Or desire for democracy (which I assume in Cuba, though I don't know)? Why there and not some other place with horrific human rights conditions?
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