Not that I want this to happen, but I find it hard to believe that the U.S. has not invaded Cuba yet. They could easily take out Castro and his regime. Why doesn't this happen? Are we afraid of them? From what I remember they had ties with the former Soviet Russia and are also a communist nation who has a stagnant economy in part because of the U.S. trade embargo. But that was a long time ago and they're still doing well without us. Please explain this to me?

why would they?

There's absolutely no incentives for doing so.

Castro will die, Communism will be over in Cuba.

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Originally posted by malek why would they? There's absolutely no incentives for doing so. Castro will die, Communism will be over in Cuba.

what makes you say that?

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Originally posted by stevieboy32808 Not that I want this to happen, but I find it hard to believe that the U.S. has not invaded Cuba yet. They could easily take out Castro and his regime. Why doesn't this happen? Are we afraid of them? From what I remember they had ties with the former Soviet Russia and are also a communist nation who has a stagnant economy in part because of the U.S. trade embargo. But that was a long time ago and they're still doing well without us. Please explain this to me?

Cuba is not a threat to us militarily or economically. There's just no reason to "take them out"...........but I find the assumption that the U.S. is looking to bully anyone it can for any reason amusing, lol.

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Originally posted by InterMilan31 It's on the To-Do list

Yes, US is waiting for Castro to die.

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Originally posted by donnybrasco Cuba is not a threat to us militarily or economically. There's just no reason to "take them out"...........but I find the assumption that the U.S. is looking to bully anyone it can for any reason amusing, lol.

well how was iraq a threat militarily or economical? i thought america tried very hard in the 50s etc to get rid of communism and stamp it out, saying its evil and stuff, and all the cold war business, and here is a communist nation on the doorstep so to speak.

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the u.s. tried many times to overthrow castro since he took over in '59, most notably through the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion in 1961. Declassified documents over the last ten years have also revealed that throughout the '60s and '70s, the c.i.a. tried everything from outright assassination to poisoning to even exploding cigars (i shit you not) to take out castro.

the u.s. has consistently underestimated the level of popular support for castro who has, after all, delivered a 99% literacy rate, generous social welfare programs and a national health care system that the u.s. should be envious of; castro's is mostly a regime centered around a cult of personality, so his brother -- who is #2 -- and other assorted cronies lack the charisma and vision to carry on after he's gone, will have little power to stem the free-for-all after castro's death.

since after all these years cuba remains a tiny and isolated state, even u.s. prevaricators would have a tough time conjuring evidence that would justify the invasion of a sovereign nation and u.n. member.

we can't, after all, just decide to randomly invade other countries...

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Last edited by Konijn on Dec-17-2005 at 22:50

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Originally posted by Philby well how was iraq a threat militarily or economical?

???

Saddam was controlling too much of the oil supply, for one thing. And he had consistanly used the profits from the sale of oil to build up his military so he could expand his empire (as his wars with Iran and Kuwait prove).

Being that you can't have a Dictator like him controlling world oil supplies, he was a threat in both the economic and militaristic sense.

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Originally posted by donnybrasco ??? Saddam was controlling too much of the oil supply, for one thing. And he had consistanly used the profits from the sale of oil to build up his military so he could expand his empire (as his wars with Iran and Kuwait prove). Being that you can't have someone who thumbs his nose at the u.s. and oversteps his bounds controlling world oil supplies, he was a threat in both the economic and militaristic sense.

just a minor correction, for accuracy's sake.

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^^^The rest of the world wanted Saddam out too...they also are recipients of that oil yah know.

since the vast majority of the world was decidedly against the invasion, i assume you're referring to the "coalition of the willing," that crack-team of imperialists that counts among its ranks the finest in uzbek camel ranchers and mongol butter-churners...

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