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Old 08-17-2001, 05:55 PM   #18
Diogenes Of Pumpkintown
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Why Cuba and not China?

Because Cuba is a convenient and much easier whipping boy for the US than China. Making a "moral" point, using Bush's term, is much safer when not much is at stake. Raise the stakes, and morality is outweighed by other concerns like money or war with a powerful enemy.

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