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Lift Embargos on Commie Countries |
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Posts: 0 (09/16/03 01:12:16) |
Should embargos be lifted on communist countries?
I'm thinking about Vietnam, Cuba, China, North Korea. Where do we draw the line in lifiting them when we do? |
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Raptor |
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Posts: 1017 (01/13/04 20:50:28) |
Uh, the US dropped its ban on Vietnam in '94 and opened up diplomatic relations the following year. There is no mebargo on China either. China has Most Favored Nation status with the US. That only leaves Cuba and N Korea. Drop the embargo on Cuba. It's pointless. Keep the embargo on N Korea.
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ImperatorRex |
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Posts: 4612 (01/15/04 11:28:25) Administrator |
Raptor,
I agree on all four of your choices. IR |
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ImperatorRex |
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Posts: 4612 (03/02/08 11:54:32) Administrator |
I still agree with Raptor's choices.
Anyone else? |
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E F Draaijers |
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Posts: 525 (03/02/08 14:12:42) Oracle |
I disagree in the generalization of the theme, but consider each individual case a single non related case to think about. Embargoes are individually for each strikken foe, as is the international consequense of it when it is lifted. It is not possible to think the same, when considering Cuba for North Korea for instance.
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ImperatorRex |
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Posts: 3869 (03/18/08 09:34:57) Administrator |
Can anyone think of where embargoes have worked?
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Posts: 5036 (03/26/08 20:24:09) Heh, heh...Beavis? |
OPEC did pretty well by embargos in 1973 & 1979. So if we're controlling supplier of a vital commodity we can use an embargo to jack up the price, as
long as we're not worried about retaliation.
The kind of stuff we've done with Cuba is petulance, not policy. |
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