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Re:Polymarket gamblers threaten to kill me over Iran missile... by WalterBright on Tuesday March 17, 2026 @03:52PM (#47417426)
We interfered with Cuba when they acquired nuclear missiles aimed at the US.

Cube prevents its citizens from leaving.

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Re:Polymarket gamblers threaten to kill me over Iran missile... by fc417fc802 on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @01:10AM (#47421810)
That was an awful long time ago and doesn't reflect the current situation.

> Cube prevents its citizens from leaving.

What's your point? If they suddenly changed that policy do you believe we would immediately walk back the sanctions and the oil blockade? That isn't how it looks to me.

The only way I can think to interpret current US policy is either one of petty insecurity or else an attempt at coercive commercial exploitation.

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Re:Polymarket gamblers threaten to kill me over Iran missile... by WalterBright on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @02:57AM (#47422388)
It's not a paradise if the citizens are blocked from leaving it.

Nobody is blocked from leaving the US.

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Re:Polymarket gamblers threaten to kill me over Iran missile... by fc417fc802 on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @09:41PM (#47433733)
I don't disagree but I still have no idea what your point is. What does this have to do with US policy towards them?
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Re:Polymarket gamblers threaten to kill me over Iran missile... by Eisenstein on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @02:31AM (#47422229)
You should brush up on your history and look up the Bay of Pigs.
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Re:Polymarket gamblers threaten to kill me over Iran missile... by Eisenstein on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @03:00AM (#47422405)
> Cube prevents its citizens from leaving.

Hasn't been the case for over a decade.

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