http://jasonpoblete.com/2009/11/22/another-reminder-why-easing-u-s-sanctions-on-cuba-not-warranted/ Wed, 02 May 2012 22:54:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://jasonpoblete.com/2009/11/22/another-reminder-why-easing-u-s-sanctions-on-cuba-not-warranted/#comment-153 Around Town … « Jason Poblete Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:24:04 +0000 http://jasonpoblete.com/?p=1471#comment-153 [...] Over at Right Side News, George Friedman pens in an otherwise interesting article on economic sanctions only to ruin it with the worn out yarn that “the sanctions the United States placed on Cuba have dramatically diminished in importance … [i]ndeed, the U.S. embargo has provided the Castro regime with a useful domestic explanation for its economic failures.”  What is it about folks and a near obsession with the regime in Havana and travel to a state sponsor of terrorism?   Americans can travel freely to 99% of the world and, contrary to what pundits on the right and left will have you think, it is not and never has been about the sanctions. [...] [...] Over at Right Side News, George Friedman pens in an otherwise interesting article on economic sanctions only to ruin it with the worn out yarn that “the sanctions the United States placed on Cuba have dramatically diminished in importance … [i]ndeed, the U.S. embargo has provided the Castro regime with a useful domestic explanation for its economic failures.”  What is it about folks and a near obsession with the regime in Havana and travel to a state sponsor of terrorism?   Americans can travel freely to 99% of the world and, contrary to what pundits on the right and left will have you think, it is not and never has been about the sanctions. [...]

]]> http://jasonpoblete.com/2009/11/22/another-reminder-why-easing-u-s-sanctions-on-cuba-not-warranted/#comment-152 Fausta’s Blog » Blog Archive » The visiting Ahmadinejad Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:33:52 +0000 http://jasonpoblete.com/?p=1471#comment-152 [...] Another Reminder Why Easing U.S. Sanctions on Cuba Not Warranted [...] [...] Another Reminder Why Easing U.S. Sanctions on Cuba Not Warranted [...]

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