Should the United States invade Cuba?
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Why?  Is the flag needing another star?  What will we do with the Virgin Islands and Pueto Rico ?  Empire building for its own sake is not a good thing.  Why not invade Itally ? \nI don't see the rationale and there are limits to what kind of burden the US economy and military can manage as it is.\nWhat's there? Baseball players, sugar cane, and a few decent musicians ?   Why not invade Columbia and free them from drug lords...but the key reason not to invade Cuba is that CUBA HAS NO OIL.\n\nVenezula had better watch out.
1127452
I hope the answers given by the Americans on here , aren't representative of the views of all Americans. There's got to be SOME Americans who are good guys. \nAs previously mentioned by others, only more eloquently, America invaded and 'stole' this bay about 100 hundred years ago, as it was strategically sited for access to the whole of the Caribbean. (It has carried out this strategy many times since, all over the world). To make it look legal, the US sends Cuba a 'rental cheque' every year, which Cuba has never cashed.\nEffectively, the US are squatters in Cuba, they have no linternationally recognised legal right to be there.
1001891
I have been planning to start with Cuba.  Castro is getting old, if you write him a convincing enough letter, he may leave it to you in his will.  The weather is nice and if managed well the natural resources could make the Island self-sufficient.  Set up as a vacationland for wealthy Americans, use casinos to separate the wealth from the tourist.
234864
Look at the map.  Notice that China is way, way over there, on the other side of the Pacific, while Cuba is within spitting distance of Florida.\n\nGeography is pretty important when it comes to questions of national policy.  Anyone who calls it hypocrisy isn't paying attention.
943114
No, Cuba hates America.
1007997
first , for complaints.... go to...\n\nhttp://hrw.org/english/docs/2005/01/13/cuba9848.htm\n\nthen\nhttp://www.cubanet.org/CNews/y06/jun06/20e5.htm\n\nfor more info on this here .....\n\nEXCERPT FROM THE NET>>>SOURCE HAS BEEN GIVEN\n\n\nThe term "terrorism," in practice, means the terrorism that THEY carry out against US. And the U.S. is not alone in this practice - it is probably close to universal. Cuba is certainly not alone in being treated this way. There is very rich literature documenting the practice generally.... Even the orders of the World Court calling on the U.S. to terminate its "unlawful use of force" (i.e., international terrorism, or maybe even aggression) against Nicaragua, and the supporting Security Council resolution (vetoed by the US), are unknown [in the U.S.], and if brought up, dismissed as proof that the Court is "anti-American" and irrelevant. The Cuban case is unusual because it is so clear, certainly since JFK ordered his staff to launch "the terrors of the earth" against Cuba....\n--Noam Chomsky, September, 2002\n\nTo understand the politics of Cuba, it is necessary to understand the role of the US in Latin America and elsewhere. By examining the history of the US aggression and intervention, we can see clearly the motives that have driven its foreign policy and what it is capable of given the motive and opportunity. It will then be easy to see why the Cuban people must take what seem to us to be extraordinary measures to counter this threat. For them, it is truly a matter of life and death. Recent developments -- shifts in popular opinion in the US, etc. -- are the basis for some optimism that Cuba/US relations may soon improve. Cubans must, however, exercise extreme caution if they are not to meet a fate similar to that of the former USSR, Yugoslavia and others. As William Blum states in the introduction to his recent essay, US Aggression and Intervention, in The Guardian (CPA), \n\nThe engine of American foreign policy has been fueled not by a devotion to any kind of morality, but by the necessity to serve other imperatives: \n\nto make the world safe for American corporations; \nto enhance the financial statements of defence contractors at home who have contributed generously to members of Congress; \nto prevent the rise of any society that might serve as a successful example of an alternative to the capitalist model; \nto extend political and economic hegemony over as wide an area as possible, as befits a 'great power'. \n\nit will come as no surprise to readers that some international organizations, do not see Cuba as democracy. Following is a rebuttal of a typical criticism of the Cuban electoral based on an excerpt (in italics) from a report on human rights in Cuba by a commission of the Organization of American States (OAS). The section entitled "Elections for the National Assembly of People's Power and the Provincial Assemblies" begins:\n\nThe American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man establishes the right to vote and to participate in government at Article XX, in the following terms. \nArticle XX. Every person having legal capacity is entitled to participate in the government of his country, directly or through his representatives, and to take part in popular elections, which shall be by secret ballot, and shall be honest, periodic and free.\n\n38. Political rights, as considered by the Declaration, have two clearly distinguishable aspects: the right to directly exercise power, i.e., to participate in government; and the right to elect those who are to exercise it, i.e., the right to vote. This presupposes a broad conception of representative democracy, based on popular sovereignty, in which the functions by which power is exercised are performed by persons chosen in free and fair elections.\n\nThis is the case in Cuba. In addition to having the right to vote, every Cuban of voting age has an equal opportu
1052548
The Bay of Pigs was the Bay of Pigs conflict.  It wasn't really part of another conflict.  I believe it was 1961.  Failed invasion of Cuba with Cuban nationals supported/armed by the US
477484
As long as Cuba is communist the majority of people will live in poverty.  The United States still has some hatred for the Cuban govt. because of the missle crisis.  Cuba also tricked us into believing that they were capitalist.  As long as Cubans complain about Fidel or any one else with a similar regime i dont believe we will help and with out US help Cuba is doomed.  (remember we control most of the world bank)
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It wasn't. The USSR lied about having missles in Cuba aimed at the  United States. We found out about it from spy photos and told the Russians to remove them or we'd nuke them until they glowed.\n\nThey blinked first and removed the missles.
45112
I think that they should keep the politics out of the World Baseball Classic and treat it like the Olympics. By not letting the Cuba team play, it will leave the critics too much lead wat to debate the outcome of the VERY FIRST World Baseball Classic. Since it is the 1st one, I believe that it is very important for it to be as successful as possible with as few problems on and off the field as possible. I am very excited about the pride that all the MLB players are taking in this event. \n\nOne more note on Cuba baseball. It is just totally strange to me that the 2 most successful MLB players from Cuba have been involved in Steroid cases leading to me wonder about how great the Cuba baseball organization really is. I am sure that they have good players, but the ones that have made it to the MLB have either been a flop or have been tested for steroids. \n\nI say that the USA team will be more concerned with the DOM REP team than the Cuban Team.....
419961
I went to war over U commie bastards , Why dont U go to Cuba with that A-s hole Castro.Share my a-s most of UR freedoms R taken away , and the goverment will tell U how to think.Eat Me !
987108
I believe everyone thinks Venezuela should control it, unless you are a Nazi and then you will agree with Bush and believe you should invade the country, rape the country for their resources and leave it in shambles or worse leave our troops to rot over there.  If you listen to Chavez speak to the U.N.  he has a lot of easy points to make to illustrate how Bush is an Imperialist.  Becareful our Good ol' Boy Bush might put us in much more trouble than he already has.  Vote 2008...Please....I'm begging.
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Cuba still lets the USA use Guantanamo bay as a Navy base, and the States had to ask and recieve permission to house prisoners there. I suspect there might be closer ties than either side admits. ?But then again I am just a paranoid conspiracy theorist.
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Colonel Fedil Castro was in the US last year in a UN conference. He wasn't taken to jail because America isn't the police man of the world. He is a Legitimate President of an Independent country and the USA is only one country out of more than 160. \n\nFidel Castro never occupied Iraq, or Vietnam, or South Korea, or Cambodia, or Nicaragua, or Panama, or any where, he's a President that simply stood up and said no to Colonialism of his country and sucking it of its resoueces. \n\nAmerica must stop shouting and screaming at other countries, maybe after the world is spared America's Selfish Interventionalism, we'ld have peace and quiet for a change. \n\nLook at most world conflicts, it's American guns and weapons fighting those wars. \n\nLook at the Zionist theft of Palestinian's land, it's US supported. \n\nEven Saddam was US supported.\n\nHey Hey, Thank God Castro is still there to peacefully protest, if he was silenced, then maybe Cubans wouldn't be so peaceful, just think about it.
603301
Cuba stopped invading other countries when the USSR ran out of money.  Since they are no longer a threat to anybody but themselves, there's no point invading them.
717606
No, America should annex Mexico. This could solve a lot of problems.
625190
Kennedy's blockade of Cuba for esculating the cold war into our hemisphere.  (it was the right decision though)