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akbacchus_BC

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17. Cuba is still existing inspite of American sanctions for over

Reply to Adrahil (Reply #12)

Sat Apr 11, 2015, 05:19 AM

Apr 2015

50 years. I wish Cuba could have set foot on a part of America and claimed it like America has done to Guantanamo Bay!

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Can someone help me out here? What has Venezuela done against the US to earn sanctions? [View all] kelliekat44 Apr 2015 OP

Nationalized their oil industry. Scuba Apr 2015 #1

You've got it. mmonk Apr 2015 #2

Here are the 7 individuals sanctioned. Can you tell us how any msanthrope Apr 2015 #4

when it comes to human rights violations, pot and kettle. hobbit709 Apr 2015 #8

No one has fully clean hands. It msanthrope Apr 2015 #10

I tell you counselor the easy, lazy equivalency response is now the norm. great white snark Apr 2015 #13

Its a double standard JonLP24 Apr 2015 #18

And? You seem to be making an argument that we should not proceed on some human rights msanthrope Apr 2015 #22

Sanctioning wealthy foreign businessman from doing business with the US? JonLP24 Apr 2015 #25

Didn't someone just mention false equivalency? merrily Apr 2015 #27

yup, i wonder if these people think we should not be critical of Netanyahu and Israel JI7 Apr 2015 #84

Those guys are less violent than the LAPD. Monk06 Apr 2015 #14

And you seem to be making the argument that all other justice stops until the people msanthrope Apr 2015 #23

No I'm saying we live in a topsy turvy world when the state police force of a supposedly Monk06 Apr 2015 #72

And as I've pointed out to you LittleBlue Apr 2015 #63

Thank you newfie11 Apr 2015 #5

! DeSwiss Apr 2015 #37

Bingo. They used their own resources instead of letting us have them. jwirr Apr 2015 #56

Yes, how dare they and they paid off their IMF loan, meaning they became independent of the Western sabrina 1 Apr 2015 #57

Bingo. hifiguy Apr 2015 #61

Venezuela didn't get sanctioned. 7 individuals from Venezuela msanthrope Apr 2015 #3

When did human rights violations by individuals in another country become a threat to US muriel_volestrangler Apr 2015 #19

When they funnel cash through US financial institutions, then our banking msanthrope Apr 2015 #21

"does that mean we do nothing until we address SA" merrily Apr 2015 #28

I wasn't the one who brought up SA. Why not address that poster msanthrope Apr 2015 #31

I am addressing your comment--rather question--not what another poster said about Saudi Arabia. merrily Apr 2015 #33

Merrily. ...in our last interaction, you got very frustrated and insulting. msanthrope Apr 2015 #35

Good luck. joshcryer Apr 2015 #42

So, that would be for at least the past 40 years, in the case of Saudi Arabia muriel_volestrangler Apr 2015 #29

Blame Congress, then. The EO is pursuant to 2014 legislation. nt msanthrope Apr 2015 #32

The sanctions "go beyond the requirements of this legislation" - see #20 muriel_volestrangler Apr 2015 #36

Good. Which one of the 7 named are you defending? nt msanthrope Apr 2015 #47

Guess. muriel_volestrangler Apr 2015 #48

Who signed that bill into law? Comrade Grumpy Apr 2015 #65

Are you connecting Venezuela, or the 7 named people, with terror? muriel_volestrangler Apr 2015 #49

But, but, but they have oil. SummerSnow Apr 2015 #77

+1 joshcryer Apr 2015 #41

Gotta love the boligarchs. joshcryer Apr 2015 #43

Obama formally named Venezuela a threat to the national security of the US. Comrade Grumpy Apr 2015 #59

You'll be waiting a long time for any COLGATE4 Apr 2015 #81

When was Venezuela sanctioned?... SidDithers Apr 2015 #6

Any past or present members of the Venezuelan government can be targeted muriel_volestrangler Apr 2015 #20

7 Chavistas equals Venezuela? Um, no. nt msanthrope Apr 2015 #24

No, *every past or present member of the Venezuelan government* equals Venezuela muriel_volestrangler Apr 2015 #30

Yes....they can be named specifically, but so far, only those 7 msanthrope Apr 2015 #34

As I've said, there are many members of past or present governments all over the world muriel_volestrangler Apr 2015 #38

didn't kiss the corporations' asses hobbit709 Apr 2015 #7

Because both Cuba and Venezuela insist that their sovereignty be recognized malaise Apr 2015 #9

+1000 DeSwiss Apr 2015 #40

because the oil lobbyists demanded their puppets in Washington to do it! B Calm Apr 2015 #11

Cuba has granted asylum to terrorists and hijackers in the past.... Adrahil Apr 2015 #12

Cuba is still existing inspite of American sanctions for over akbacchus_BC Apr 2015 #17

Huh? We have a lease for the base at Guantanamo. nt okaawhatever Apr 2015 #50

There is nothing legal about the place JonLP24 Apr 2015 #62

It made the US President an asshole when President Chavez akbacchus_BC Apr 2015 #15

Not a damn thing JonLP24 Apr 2015 #16

I must acknowledge Chavez for this: merrily Apr 2015 #26

! DeSwiss Apr 2015 #39

Thanks, gracias and merci, DeSwiss. I assumed it was only regional. merrily Apr 2015 #45

De nada DeSwiss Apr 2015 #71

That program was not only in New England. Some of that was also delivered to Indian Reservations jwirr Apr 2015 #58

There are none. DeSwiss Apr 2015 #44

...! KoKo Apr 2015 #52

Threat comes from having economic independence. Octafish Apr 2015 #46

The excerpt below will explain it to you, precisely, and concisely: Zorra Apr 2015 #51

Why?... Talkin' back... that's why. nt Bigmack Apr 2015 #53

Also, they have become a narco state, funneling vast amounts of drugs... elfin Apr 2015 #54

Oh, that's funny. Venezuela is a narco state because drug flow through there. Comrade Grumpy Apr 2015 #60

While others produce and get it to the U.S. - Ven. gets it to terrorists elfin Apr 2015 #66

It goes all over JonLP24 Apr 2015 #68

That is kind of funny MFrohike Apr 2015 #70

What terrorists? Comrade Grumpy Apr 2015 #73

Al Shabab and ISIS elfin Apr 2015 #83

HBO? DeSwiss Apr 2015 #75

Because they elected a communist for President. Cleita Apr 2015 #55

Christ, if you're going to post about Venezuela COLGATE4 Apr 2015 #79

I wasn't talking about oil fields. Others were, but I wasn't. Cleita Apr 2015 #82

Nada. Zip. Zilch. Puglover Apr 2015 #64

The sanctions are trumped up to target 7 individuals but in reality they are punishment riderinthestorm Apr 2015 #67

Then they're a little late. Check when Venezuela COLGATE4 Apr 2015 #80

The sacred link between the U.S. dollar and oil must be preserved. hunter Apr 2015 #69

dared to try an alternative to vulture capitalism. The oligarchs do not tolerate heterodoxy Doctor_J Apr 2015 #74

Saudi Arabia practices human rights violations and were allies with them? SummerSnow Apr 2015 #76

It's late president said the truth about George W Bush, "Dangerman," at the UN Octafish Apr 2015 #78