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The US has been seizing fuel shipments en route to Cuba. What do you call that, if not a blockade?
by elmomle 5mo ago
The US has been seizing fuel shipments en route to Cuba. What do you call that, if not a blockade?
- imvgikviktbt 5mo agoThe Cuban government embargoes their own citizens. I don't understand why there isn't more criticism there.
- shimman 5mo agoWell mostly because of the direction actions of imperialism causing the needless deaths of babies but seeing how you seem to be pro-imperialism you probably see this as a good thing for American hegemony. Right up there with bombing school girls in Iran. It's just good diplomacy at that point right? Friendly reminder that the only people that majorly benefit from US foreign policy are the elites, most US citizens are left with a more dangerous world where they suffer against backlash, terrorism, and degrading life services.
- imvgikviktbt 5mo agoWhat does US imperialism have anything to do with the fact that the Cuban government refuses to allow their citizens to buy and sell goods freely?
- OutOfHere 5mo agoEven the US government doesn't allow its citizens to trade freely, so what nonsense are you complaining about...
- akramachamarei 5mo agoSerious posts are generally preferred on HackerNews, but jokes can be okay if they're funny.
- akramachamarei 5mo agoI'm trying to figure out your reason for saying this. You seem to be an adept mind reader so please forgive my mental torpidity, but are you saying that Cuba does not do bad by it's citizens? Or that they do, but are justified? And where exactly does "imperialism" come into the equation?
- Manuel_D 5mo agoThey have been boarding ships that fly false flags. That is, they claim to be flying under the flag of some country. But when the US contacts that country to confirm that the ship is really registered there, the government of that country replies that the ship is not, in fact, registered. This is legal to do regardless of the embargo against Cuba. There are plenty of ships that move good and resources to Cuba that don't get boarded.
- RobertoG 5mo agoYour comment makes it look like is a police action instead of interfering in the business of third countries in international waters, with the express goal of causing economic pain.
- Manuel_D 5mo agoThe two are not mutually exclusive: The US embargo is done with the goal of economically hampering Cuba. The ships that try to skirt their home countries' participation in the embargo by flying false flags are being subject to police action.
- swat535 5mo agoI think this attitude is why EU and other nations have started to realize that doing business with US and relying on them is not a good idea. United States is still under the impression that it's post WWII era.. The good news is that American's grip is slipping and will no longer be able to exert the same level of power in the next decade or so. You're right, no one is entitled to trade wit US but the US is not entitled to trade with the rest of the world either, including China, Russia, Europe and Middle East. I think Americans should realize that the post WII era is well passed and "strong arming" nations isn't going to work.
- mirzap 5mo agoI’m curious how it’s legal to size a ship in international waters under any circumstances? We have a word for that - piracy.
- TiredOfLife 5mo agoThe US has been seizing ships sanctioned by US and EU that fly false flags and transport russian and iranian oil