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karencv · Oct 19, 2003, 11:25 pm

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The United States government has imposed an economic and political blockade on the island nation for more than 40 years, causing $70 billion damage to Cuba's economy, and inflicting unnecessary suffering on the most vulnerable in Cuban society. The U.S. military has continued to maintain and expand its naval base at Guantanamo Bay, a legacy of colonialism. Today, hundreds of people -- including children under the age of 16 years -- are being imprisoned and interrogated by the U.S. at Guantanamo with no recourse whatsoever to due process. <hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'>

I am not an expert on Cuba...but it was Fidel Castro who permitted/and or encouraged USSR to bring balistic missles with nukes into Cuba with the intent of terrorizing the US and its citizens...I remember getting under my desk and covering my head with my hands. As for the Naval base... we have a lease on that land and there is no reason that we should not continue to use it. Castro has had a big hand on causing the 70 billion dollars of damage to the cuban economy. If he wants it to end, he could allow the Cuban people to have an electiion to choose their leader.

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karencv Sedimentary Rock Posts: 7	</span><blockquote><span class="smallfont">Quote:</span><hr size="1" />Originally Posted by The United States government has imposed an economic and political blockade on the island nation for more than 40 years, causing $70 billion damage to Cuba's economy, and inflicting unnecessary suffering on the most vulnerable in Cuban society. The U.S. military has continued to maintain and expand its naval base at Guantanamo Bay, a legacy of colonialism. Today, hundreds of people -- including children under the age of 16 years -- are being imprisoned and interrogated by the U.S. at Guantanamo with no recourse whatsoever to due process. <hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'> I am not an expert on Cuba...but it was Fidel Castro who permitted/and or encouraged USSR to bring balistic missles with nukes into Cuba with the intent of terrorizing the US and its citizens...I remember getting under my desk and covering my head with my hands. As for the Naval base... we have a lease on that land and there is no reason that we should not continue to use it. Castro has had a big hand on causing the 70 billion dollars of damage to the cuban economy. If he wants it to end, he could allow the Cuban people to have an electiion to choose their leader.