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Re:Decoupling isn't phoney – The global trading system is st... by woooooo on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @09:27PM (#37331389)
Puerto Rico is a terrible example.

Cuba is a much better one, it's not even hypothetical.

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Re:Decoupling isn't phoney – The global trading system is st... by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @11:03PM (#37331971)
> Cuba is a much better one, it's not even hypothetical

America doesn't claim Cuba as its territory.

If China requested parity with Taiwan in respect of America's relations with Cuba (recognition of sovereignty, trade restrictions and no American military presence there), it would be a good deal for everyone.

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Re:Decoupling isn't phoney – The global trading system is st... by CapstanRoller on Thursday August 31, 2023 @04:18AM (#37334016)
>America doesn't claim Cuba as its territory.

Where do you think the Guantanamo Bay torture facility is located?

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Re:Decoupling isn't phoney – The global trading system is st... by throwawaymaths on Thursday August 31, 2023 @06:52AM (#37335207)
It's a lease, not a claim. US even sends cuba checks for it.

Not even sure how you can equate a lease of one bay to claiming the whole island. Besides, If china stopped claiming Taiwan was it's territory and insisted on leasing one small base, I think we could all go to sleep better at night.

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Re:Decoupling isn't phoney – The global trading system is st... by CapstanRoller on Thursday August 31, 2023 @03:00PM (#37342121)
>It's a lease

A 'lease' at gunpoint is an occupation.

And the US pays a fixed $4,000/mo, which Cuba doesn't even accept.

https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN17200921

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Re:Decoupling isn't phoney – The global trading system is st... by woooooo on Friday September 01, 2023 @07:11AM (#37349259)
Monroe doctrine, baby. The whole hemisphere is our territory :)

We've punished Cuba continually for 70 years for having a government that we didn't approve.

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