Quote Originally Posted by VictorCharlie View Post
Ending the embargo is long overdue and I'm sure it has effected the Cuban people but I think the amount of suffering from it is being vastly overstated particularly when taking into consideration the regime they live under. If it was even a remotely free country and still impoverished then I could see some validity in the argument but as is I think the finger of blame is much more appropriately pointed at their leadership over the last several decades. My interaction with Cubans over the years has confirmed this.


Which is exactly why I'm saying. Would the Cuban people not have been much better off if... rather than continue a useless embargo, the U.S. government would've removed Castro from power a long time ago? There were no reprisals to fear from the Soviet Union. Not too many world leaders would've shed a tear for the ouster of Castro. The leadership in Cuba would've been different... people would be freer... and there would be no need for an embargo. Any argument against the ability of the U.S. to remove a leader from a country such as Cuba goes out the window when you mention the example of Manuel Noriega from Panama and his removal from power in 1989.