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Cuba is a modern day Masada. These rebels cannot be allowed in the shadow of the empire. The brutal sanctions ensure that they serve as an example of the suffer
by kornhole 4y ago
Cuba is a modern day Masada. These rebels cannot be allowed in the shadow of the empire. The brutal sanctions ensure that they serve as an example of the suffering that will come to anybody who does not submit.
- FormerBandmate 4y agoMasada was crushed in a brutal invasion. The 21st-century US Military is phenomenal at invading countries (look at the rapid falls of Iraq, Afghanistan, and ISIS, we are substantially worse at occupation but that’s besides the point). If we wanted to crush Cuba we would have done it the second communism fell. The reason we still have an embargo on Cuba is because pro-embargo Cuban-American refugees are a huge minority of a swing state, and sending a child away from his abusive father to Cuba literally cost the Democrats the 2000 election (incidentally leading to at least 2 of those 3 invasions). Arguably, a stupid technicality like that is worse than if it was a Masada-type situation, but what can you do
- kornhole 4y agoThe families on Masada killed themselves before the Romans broke in with their constructed ramp.
- mushbino 4y agoAnd those who do submit can look forward to being more like Haiti.