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Every year for the last 30 years or so the UN General Assembly calls for US to end Cuba embargo. Every single year the US along with Israel vote against it, bei
by ncann 5y ago
Every year for the last 30 years or so the UN General Assembly calls for US to end Cuba embargo. Every single year the US along with Israel vote against it, being the only 2 out of nearly 200 or so countries.
- __blockcipher__ 5y agoIf there were any justice in the world we'd be embargoing Israel and not Cuba :/ Or better yet embargo nobody. But as long as Israel and Saudi Arabia (together with the US empire, of course) keep maintaining the blockade in Yemen (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockade_of_Yemen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockade_of_Yemen | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabian-led_intervention_in_Yemen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabian-led_intervention...), the least we could do is return the "favor" by embargoing Israel. Per Wikipedia (I didn't validate this number at all), the 2018 famine in Yemen led to the deaths of 85,000 children (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famine_in_Yemen_(2016%E2%80%93present) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famine_in_Yemen_(2016%E2%80%93...) (I'm aware that the above will never happen, for the same reason we're involved in all these conflicts in the first place. But a man can dream, right?)
- bpodgursky 5y agoYou know there are wildly worse regimes than Israel right? Why Israel, and not any of the oppressive sub-Saharan African governments? Why not Myanmar? Why not China, embarking on a literal genocide? I think the thing to learn from the Cuba experience is that embargos are usually ineffective mechanisms for enacting regime change, because it just reinforces the "us vs them" mindset. If there truly was a concerted international embargo of Israel, Netanyahu would be in power another 30 years.
- pokot0 5y agoI think people focus on Israel b/c it is the result of an invasion and expulsion of natives. Just like the US and all America.... People tend to think that internal matters of a country should not be addressed too much (like many of the countries you mentioned). It's hard to believe you dont understand such a simple concept and it's hard for me to not consider that part of your comment pure rethoric. I agree on your comment on the ineffectiveness of embargos. Unfortunately the solution to the Israel problem is to not create Israel in the first place. At this point, the damage is done. That's why governments (looking at you US) should think more before deploying military (vietnam, iraq, afghanistan, .... )
- xyzelement 5y ago// expulsion of natives Just wanted to point out, Jews are native to Israel.
- rideontime 5y agoBy what definition of "native"?
- xyzelement 5y agoI don't understand the question. By what definition of native are native Americans native to America? Jews lived in Israel prior to expulsion by the Romans
- rideontime 5y agoI agree with you then, we should kick the descendants of colonists off their stolen land and give it back to the natives.
- pokot0 5y agoYou have to go very far back in time to consider them natives but I never said they weren't.
- vogon_laureate 5y agoIt was not “an invasion”. Jews were fleeing genocide and arrived as refugees. Then Jews in the Middle East and North Africa came soon after fleeing pogroms, expulsions and dhimmitude. As for “expulsion” 22% of Israeli citizens are Arabs and further more are Druze, Circassian, Bedouin, etc. with equal rights. An Arab party is literally part of the Government right now. If you’re going to try to derail a topic with ignorant nonsense about Israel, at least get your facts right.
- pokot0 5y agoIsrael is a state. Not some refugees accepted in another state. The fact that the State of Israel was forced to unwilling Arabs is what causing all the distress and what I call an "invasion". Effectively some land that was part of a state has been subtracted to that state and declared to be part of a different state by force. You questioning my facts shows you are a rude person. I shared my opinion and you insult me. Wanna come invade my house and claim it yours maybe?
- ghayes 5y agoI tend to feel this is off topic for the conversation. The OP discussed the embargo on Cuba which relates to the article, but this comment really focuses on Israel that is irrelevant to the vaccine conversation.
- jdjsksms 5y agoSorry that you want all the Jews in Israel to die, but some of us think they have a right to live. Hamas, the "Palestinian" "government," thinks all Jews everywhere should die. In contrast Israel has Arabs in government. You can call it a blockade, but Israeli Jews would simply be killed in the scenario you're advocating for. All of them. You are very literally advocating genocide of the Jews. Fuck you. This website gets more anti semitic and further Left everyday. BDS is a genocidal position. If you're going to take that position, at least be honest about your hatred of Jews.
- birdyrooster 5y agoFor the Israeli sympathizers: The west put you in the middle east as a military base after the fall of the ottoman empire, not out of care for your lives. Colonizing the middle east with Jews and not re-integrating them in Europe was a form of cleansing. Two birds with one stone given what is happening in Palestine.
- vogon_laureate 5y agoIsrael does not “maintain the blockade in Yemen”. It has very little to do with that conflict at all. Why attempt to derail a conversation about Cuba’s healthcare with this?
- stjohnswarts 5y agoHow bout we don't embargo either one and get our nose out of other countries and stop acting like world police.
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- melling 5y agoWe were on our way… https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_thaw https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_thaw
- FooBarBizBazz 5y agoMaybe the blockade has been an accidental blessing. Cuba has done a damn good job with these vaccines. They have good healthcare and education. The "standard of living" is lower, but I'm sure you get used to it in a month. People seem to get along. And it's a beautiful island in the Caribbean. Looks kinda like paradise to me.