Thread: North Korean strike timed?

I disagree with everything you say but the UFO smiley is very funny.

Originally Posted by capecoddah

I've been in North Cuba and I know it doesn't work.

Aren't you breaking American law by going there? Or did you go to some US controlled island nearby, rather than Cuba itself?

So you "know" it doesn't work? On what basis? On the grounds that there aren't enough McDonald's and big gas-guzzling cars? Not enough commercials on TV and super-obese people walking the streets? No American airbase just outside the capital?

People are NOT starving in Cuba, they have no drug wars like in Mexico, better organized than Haiti or Jamaica ever were, no beggars like elsewhere in South America, low crime, free decent education and free health care. No sweat-shops like elsewhere in Latin America. They even dropped the death penalty.

Some say a society should be judged on how it treats its poor and needy: In Cuba, anyone is guaranteed a job, a roof over his head, free medical care and free good education, suited to his abilities.

One of the main reasons that it still a poor country is that the worlds largest economy, and their neighbour, has done its' best to strangle their economy, for what, 50 years? Economic blockade etc. And even tried to invade their country! Maybe you should look closer to home before you criticize Cuba!

The people there overthrew one corrupt government before, and no doubt they will do it again if they get sufficiently unhappy! Personally I would guess that perhaps they are comparing their situation with the rest of Latin America, and with the experience of Eastern Europe in the 1990s. And based on that they prefer to keep the status quo for the time being despite the problems.

They still have their dignity as an independent country and there is good hope that things may improve in the future. I understand people are really well educated there and that can only be good for the country. Apparently they also started co-operating with Venezuela which has plenty of oil.

Originally Posted by Hanna

I disagree with everything you say but the UFO smiley is very funny.



Aren't you breaking American law by going there? Or did you go to some US controlled island nearby, rather than Cuba itself?

So you "know" it doesn't work? On what basis? On the grounds that there aren't enough McDonald's and big gas-guzzling cars? Not enough commercials on TV and super-obese people walking the streets? No American airbase just outside the capital?

People are NOT starving in Cuba, they have no drug wars like in Mexico, better organized than Haiti or Jamaica ever were, no beggars like elsewhere in South America, low crime, free decent education and free health care. No sweat-shops like elsewhere in Latin America. They even dropped the death penalty.

Some say a society should be judged on how it treats its poor and needy: In Cuba, anyone is guaranteed a job, a roof over his head, free medical care and free good education, suited to his abilities.

One of the main reasons that it still a poor country is that the worlds largest economy, and their neighbour, has done its' best to strangle their economy, for what, 50 years? Economic blockade etc. And even tried to invade their country! Maybe you should look closer to home before you criticize Cuba!

The people there overthrew one corrupt government before, and no doubt they will do it again if they get sufficiently unhappy! Personally I would guess that perhaps they are comparing their situation with the rest of Latin America, and with the experience of Eastern Europe in the 1990s. And based on that they prefer to keep the status quo for the time being despite the problems.

They still have their dignity as an independent country and there is good hope that things may improve in the future. I understand people are really well educated there and that can only be good for the country. Apparently they also started co-operating with Venezuela which has plenty of oil.

I reread your post, Hanna, having come up with a single argument: they get paid $15 a month.

If you have counter-arguments, you are welcome.

Originally Posted by Eric C.

I reread your post, Hanna, having come up with a single argument: they get paid $15 a month.

So, if you bomb them a little, it will solve the problem?

Originally Posted by it-ogo

So, if you bomb them a little, it will solve the problem?

Their economy doesn't work because something's stopping it. If something is destroyed, that might start solving the problem.