The Pretend Embargo
How can the U.S. have an embargo against Cuba when we are the island's number one supplier of food and medicine? The junta in Cuba calls this the "blockade" just to be dramatic. But freedom is what is blocked in Cuba. Despite what conditions were in the past, today Cuba cannot buy anything more from us because they are broke. But the junta need not worry about being so broke that they cannot buy more from us because they can hide this fact with the embargo myth. The junta has nothing to sell us after the tobacco and sugar crop flops. Besides, the exile Cuban community could turn our wrath against any American profiteers exploiting Cuban slave labor, keep them tied up in Court and probably have an excellent chance of being awarded damages for the conditions our people slave under.
Amigos we must call Raul's bluff. Imagine if the American government made a big announcement that the embargo was lifted. What would occur if after this lifting of restrictions Raul bought nothing more from us since he is tapped out? Plus Cuba now produces little available for export. Any small amount of revenue generated by sales of Cuban products would be offset by the loss of the embargo excuse. How would enslaved Cubans react then once Raul could not blame junta greed, corruption and mismanagement on the "embargo?"
If you are not prepared to try this approach then you must insist on a real blockade. No vessel would be allowed into or out of Cuba. This would cause the collapse of the criminal regime. But it is not politically practical. So why provide Raul with the three things he needs to cling to power? Those would be food, medicine and the embargo myth to blame for his 18th Century economic thinking.
Amigos we must call Raul's bluff. Imagine if the American government made a big announcement that the embargo was lifted. What would occur if after this lifting of restrictions Raul bought nothing more from us since he is tapped out? Plus Cuba now produces little available for export. Any small amount of revenue generated by sales of Cuban products would be offset by the loss of the embargo excuse. How would enslaved Cubans react then once Raul could not blame junta greed, corruption and mismanagement on the "embargo?"
If you are not prepared to try this approach then you must insist on a real blockade. No vessel would be allowed into or out of Cuba. This would cause the collapse of the criminal regime. But it is not politically practical. So why provide Raul with the three things he needs to cling to power? Those would be food, medicine and the embargo myth to blame for his 18th Century economic thinking.
posted by Tomás Estrada-Palma at
11:45 AM
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What is so hard for me to do is make Cubans start thinking smart like 21st Century cyber warriors and to quit thinking like 19th Century Civil War Generals. War strategies of the past will not be effective in an information war. We are mired in the trenches while Raul appears as the one on the high ground. So we redeploy the information front lines to put us on the high ground. This war will not be won by bullets but by brains. To win this embargo battle now by changing world perceptions will, I believe, lead to a lightening victory for our side. Raul's junta will collapse overnight. But for you 19th Century generals who have not been persuaded yet I ask: What kind of war are you waging that lets us provide food and medicine to our enemy while allowing our enemy to effectively claim that we have them "Blockaded?" Remember, Raul is the stupid one. Let's outsmart him amigos. Information war!!!!
Okay! If you're still skeptical how about this? Declare a 6 month "good will" lifting of the embargo then take a wait see...
If you are not 100% happy with the outcome of the lifting then we slap it right back on again. What do we have to lose?
The Information War...
Remember Cuba will not be allowed to export slave doctors and nurses to the US. They would need actual commodities to export. They have none.
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