I disagree. Cuba has still not paid for assets illegally seized without compensation during the Revolution, nor made any other substantive concessions. They are free to do that as a sovereign country, but we shouldn't be trading for our own stolen property.
Personally, I want nothing to do with Cuba so long as the Communist Party, that did so much harm to my and my friends' families, is still in power. Their profits from this opening will be used to strengthen the totalitarian apparatus and to prevent the Cuban people from reclaiming their freedoms. They did the exact same thing in the 90s. Their former sponsor (the USSR) went out of business, so Castro liberalized enough to secure his own ruling coalition, then promptly reversed course after achieving that.
Re:Atlas and Cuba
by apalmer on Friday March 18, 2016 @05:16PM
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You are probably right as far as 'morality' goes... as far as the betterment of the Cuban people that are still living on the island then probably opening up trade is going to be more beneficial to them...
Personally, I want nothing to do with Cuba so long as the Communist Party, that did so much harm to my and my friends' families, is still in power. Their profits from this opening will be used to strengthen the totalitarian apparatus and to prevent the Cuban people from reclaiming their freedoms. They did the exact same thing in the 90s. Their former sponsor (the USSR) went out of business, so Castro liberalized enough to secure his own ruling coalition, then promptly reversed course after achieving that.