Obama says he plans to remove Cuba from terrorism list
Newsbot @ Tue Apr 14, 2015 12:37 pm
Title: Obama says he plans to remove Cuba from terrorism list
Category: Political
Posted By: Regina
Date: 2015-04-14 12:35:09
Regina @ Tue Apr 14, 2015 12:38 pm
The light bulb finally came on!
stratos @ Tue Apr 14, 2015 1:06 pm
To the best of my knowledge Cuba has never done or been a state supporter of Terror. Revolution yes. Terror no.
Thanos @ Tue Apr 14, 2015 4:27 pm
Standing up to entrenched, well-connected, brutal, and murderous US corporate interests is pretty much equivalent to terrorism in the view of too many. I have no doubt that Fidel Castro is a murdering scumbag in his own right but he probably wasn't much worse than the lackeys of the Wall Street/Cosa Nostra bastards and monsters that preceded him in ruling Cuba. Cuba can't be forgiven though, ever. No matter how badly the dog has been beaten and brutalized, biting the hand of the rich master holding the whip remains the worst sin of all.
Freakinoldguy @ Tue Apr 14, 2015 8:29 pm
stratos stratos:
To the best of my knowledge Cuba has never done or been a state supporter of Terror. Revolution yes. Terror no.
Nope. There were other reasons they got put on the list and most of them seem to have been for their bad attitude.
Here's a column I found that explains it better than I could and from what I can ascertain putting them on the list was always more about Cuba's attitude to US domestic and foreign policy than the actual export of terrorism.
http://terrorism.about.com/od/cuba/a/Cuba.htm
Canadian_Mind @ Wed Apr 15, 2015 5:09 am
If America gets more cozy with Cuba it's going to turn into the same commercialised shithole as every other Caribbean destination. 
2Cdo @ Wed Apr 15, 2015 5:33 am
Canadian_Mind Canadian_Mind:
If America gets more cozy with Cuba it's going to turn into the same commercialised shithole as every other Caribbean destination.
Yeah and then where will smug ugly Canadians go to get away from evil Americans?
Gunnair @ Wed Apr 15, 2015 6:53 am
2Cdo 2Cdo:
Canadian_Mind Canadian_Mind:
If America gets more cozy with Cuba it's going to turn into the same commercialised shithole as every other Caribbean destination.
Yeah and then where will smug ugly Canadians go to get away from evil Americans?
I hear the arctic is warming up....
2Cdo @ Wed Apr 15, 2015 7:09 am
Gunnair Gunnair:
2Cdo 2Cdo:
Canadian_Mind Canadian_Mind:
If America gets more cozy with Cuba it's going to turn into the same commercialised shithole as every other Caribbean destination.
Yeah and then where will smug ugly Canadians go to get away from evil Americans?
I hear the arctic is warming up....
Not quite warm enough for swimming yet.
BartSimpson @ Wed Apr 15, 2015 9:10 am
stratos stratos:
To the best of my knowledge Cuba has never done or been a state supporter of Terror. Revolution yes. Terror no.
I was at Grenada and what the Cubans (and Russians) were doing there was terror. The Cubans have also been involved in training the Sandinistas, Red Brigades, Shining Path, and most currently they've been assisting Venezuela in supporting FARC which has been waging a terror war against Columbia and, to a lesser extent, against Panama.
Obama is revoking Cuba's listing on the Terror list but I haven't heard FA if the Cubans are actually going to stop supporting terror.
sandorski @ Wed Apr 15, 2015 12:48 pm
BartSimpson BartSimpson:
stratos stratos:
To the best of my knowledge Cuba has never done or been a state supporter of Terror. Revolution yes. Terror no.
I was at Grenada and what the Cubans (and Russians) were doing there was terror. The Cubans have also been involved in training the Sandinistas, Red Brigades, Shining Path, and most currently they've been assisting Venezuela in supporting FARC which has been waging a terror war against Columbia and, to a lesser extent, against Panama.
Obama is revoking Cuba's listing on the Terror list but I haven't heard FA if the Cubans are actually going to stop supporting terror.
The US has done the same.
BartSimpson @ Wed Apr 15, 2015 2:07 pm
sandorski sandorski:
BartSimpson BartSimpson:
stratos stratos:
To the best of my knowledge Cuba has never done or been a state supporter of Terror. Revolution yes. Terror no.
I was at Grenada and what the Cubans (and Russians) were doing there was terror. The Cubans have also been involved in training the Sandinistas, Red Brigades, Shining Path, and most currently they've been assisting Venezuela in supporting FARC which has been waging a terror war against Columbia and, to a lesser extent, against Panama.
Obama is revoking Cuba's listing on the Terror list but I haven't heard FA if the Cubans are actually going to stop supporting terror.
The US has done the same.
Moral Equivalence for the Fail.
sandorski @ Wed Apr 15, 2015 2:16 pm
BartSimpson BartSimpson:
sandorski sandorski:
BartSimpson BartSimpson:
I was at Grenada and what the Cubans (and Russians) were doing there was terror. The Cubans have also been involved in training the Sandinistas, Red Brigades, Shining Path, and most currently they've been assisting Venezuela in supporting FARC which has been waging a terror war against Columbia and, to a lesser extent, against Panama.
Obama is revoking Cuba's listing on the Terror list but I haven't heard FA if the Cubans are actually going to stop supporting terror.
The US has done the same.
Moral Equivalence for the Fail.
Ignoring reality/assuming moral superiority for more fail.
Zipperfish @ Wed Apr 15, 2015 2:22 pm
Bygones. time to move on. Fidel is gone, diplomacy seems to making some headway.
I'd be hard pressed to find a country that wasn't a state sponsor of terrorism if you stretch the definition enough.
Vamp018 @ Thu Apr 16, 2015 8:53 pm
Bart you forgot the ETA from Spain, and it's known about Iran NK connections.