why can we take over Cuba ?i mean we take over Iraq ? whats the big deal we even have a military base there.?
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.
722024
Threatening to kick their butts if they didn't move thier missles from Cuba was one way.  Building our military was another by U.S. nuclear advantage.  U.S. missile sites in Turkey helped as well.
457872
I think Castro has done a beautiful job of keeping America out of Cuba. The people there actually have health care, and are highly educated. I have read it was better than 90% of the people, and that is better than the United States. When Castro dies, I am sure America will do a take over most likely. We will just have to see, wont we?
182542
Are you all under 40? If you are then I can understand why you think we should stop santions. I lived through it all, hiding under our desks at school for drills, the fear we went through with that guy. Please go back and read more about him and Kennedy.   EDIT:\n\n1961---The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)-backed invasion of Cuba at the Bay of Pigs failed. Shortly after taking office, President Kennedy approved the CIA's plan, inherited from the Eisenhower administration, to invade Cuba and oust Fidel Castro's Communist government. The United States launched the invasion three months into Kennedy's administration. Over 1,400 Cuban exiles, trained and equipped by the CIA, landed on Cuba's coast without air cover. The success of the invasion depended on a large uprising against Fidel Castro. However, the CIA had underestimated Castro's military strength and his popular support. All of the exiles were captured or killed by the Cuban armed forces within three days.
752327
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.
786132
The USA is obsessed with the concept of world dominance. It has refused to  learn from history and its experience in Vietnam. It could not prevent Vietnam from being a communist  state. It had fueled Afghanistan crisis and now trying to dose it off. Withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan will not be that easy and the change of guard in White House will have least impact on taking such a decision.
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This was a massive plunder operation under the guise of patriotism misplaced.  It is otherwise known as the big lie.  Iraq was ugly for many, but peaceful.  Now Iraq is a violent shambles,directly due to the intervention of GW Bush.  If there were no oil there, do you think we would be there?  Not a chance.
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Nothing. They're not the first nor will they be the last, unfortunately. One of the guys "Menchaca" is from my home-town. I'm very upset about it but what can the military do? They're following Bush's orders. To think it's all for the oil.
495778
Guantanamo Bay is geographically located in Cuba, but it's U.S. controlled space.  It has been for over 100 years.
693059
WE ARE NOT OCCUPYING IRAQ TO LIVE IN IRAQ, WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE THINGS BETTER. THE SPANISH COME OVER HERE FOR BETTER OPPURTUNITIES. THATS TOTALLY TWO DIFFERENT SITUATIONS.
904428
Looks quite easy to me. All you have to do is follow the foot steps of that Iraqi Chalabi. Feed false intelligence about nukes and WMDs to Bush. He would be very glad to invade your country.
623756
we they can start by getting saddam out of power, well wait, we did that for them. then they can start by forming an independent goverment, no wait we did that too. well, i supose they need to form a top notch military power. oh hell we did that for them too. well i supose they can keep following our guidance, and learning to take control of their own country, and everything should be fine!!!
667543
WOW, your a smart one. I have to give it to you, you were really thinking when you posted that. Or is it that I'm In the Military..... I'm not sure. But that's the last thing that you want to do, sending gangs over there. For one, they couldn't hack it in the desert, and two, Most of the people were fighting over there right now have been fighting for years now. And as for just killing the presidents, well that's about as well thought out too, Just think what would happen to this country(USA) if some one just decided to kill our president and VP. there would be mass chaos. and it would flow into other countrys too.
547748
Yes!!Take a closer look!! Through economics or politics, the U.S.already controls the world.Anyone who speaks out against them( Bush Administration)-France,Iraq,Iran,Venezuela-face invasion or some other form of retaliation. China is being courted,Cuba is being paid,Mexico has the illegal immigrant thing going on and there is no balance of power left. It would take the other countries banding together to stop this and they are kept distracted with internal turmoil or an unwillingness to put aside their long standing differences.What was your question again??Peace.
765334
Sign me up.  Only I think we should take Florida first.  They won't be able to figure out which end of the gun to point at us before they pull the trigger. Then we could use it as a eastern base of operations, and march up the coast.
54857
It's Iraq, and the oil is important, but only to control militaries and sustain ours to enforce the economy. This is one of the "benefits" and or motives of invading Iraq however, we invaded Iraq because Hussein sported the idea of Arab nationalism which would have created a middle eastern european union and challenge our economy and therefore our idea of security. Is this right no, but I can see how some politicians could see this as noble. Also our economy is one of scales. Meaning that the more that is produced the cheaper it is too make a product. In the era of soft money it is feasible and happening that contrators need perpetual war to sustain themselves and hence our economy.
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It is my opinion that we should start allowing the Iraqi Army to take control (Of course when ready).  NATO has been a great help in the Global War on Terrorism, by taking a majority of a sector in Afganistan.  Coalition Forces are in Iraq, still to this day... The Republic of Georgia, Britain, Japan, Korea, the list goes on.... You go to remember, it a team effort there in Iraq... though I can't wait for the day we can hand the reigns over to the Iraqi Security Forces and go home to the family.