US and Israel Only 'No' Votes as UN Members Demand End to 61-Year Cuba Embargo
US and Israel Only 'No' Votes as UN Members Demand End to 61-Year Cuba Embargo
That’s pretty wild actually. Can’t imagine that many of these votes are near unanimous.
It happens all the time
That one, and a bunch of other "common sense measures," was/were because of internal US laws. I don't agree with it, but the delegate has/had their hands tied because of our laws regarding the sovereignty of the US. Israel was just voting whatever way the US does, cause, again, their hands are tied politically.
Those votes are unfortunately not surprising considering both countries' complicity in depriving millions of innocent people of food for the past 3 weeks
It's actually quite common. Most votes have 3 digits voting for and single digit against. A few only have 1 vote against. The thing distinct about this vote is that it usually has the highest "turnout" with only a few abstaining/non-voting countries. They've done this same vote almost every year for decades so it's become a tradition.
But why?
The US will do everything in its power to dismantle socialism and convince people that it "doesn't work" (just ignore how much work they put in to dismantle it)
Being nice to Cuba would cost a shitload of Cuban votes in Florida. Florida was, and is still close to, a swing state.
What candidate is going to a) risk losing Florida's 30 Electoral College votes and b) get called a socialist, and for what gain? It sucks, but here we are.
I really don't understand what America gets out of the embargo?
Maybe someone more knowledgeable on the subject can chime in.
It just feels like being a dick for no reason at this point.
I looked it up it seems like Cuban Americans tend to support the embargo, as a means of combating the Cuban government. Lots of Cuban Americans were forced to flee Cuba do to how the government were treating them under Castro. So the embargo was meant to act as a means of changing Cuba's government.
These Cuban Americans make up a significant amount of Floridians, a state who is very important during presidential campaigns. So candidates tend to want to appease them. It sounds like in recent year there's increasingly Cuban American support for lifting the embargo though.
TLDR: Cuban Americans who fled the Cuban government don't like the Cuban government very much & they vote.
If socialism succeeds on America’s doorstep, it will give American citizens…ideas.
Best friends forever
Israel
Christofascist
What? Can we stop using this stupid as fuck term already? They're just fucking fascists. Empowering religious institutions are a core of fascism and not some unique Christian thing
Umberto Eco wrote this
Fascism became an all-purpose term because one can eliminate from a fascist regime one or more features, and it will still be recognizable as fascist.
I believe you can have a secular fascism. There is a current of that in France for example. There's no harm in being more specific.
I mean Israel's main allies in the US are christofascists because of their stupid doomsday cult prophecy that for some reason nobody ever feels like calling them out on
Well... zionism is a Christian thing, first and foremost - it's an idea that originated amongst British Christian movements in the 1840s. Like all right-wing ideology, it pretends to be far older than it actually is.
Does anyone know what the embargo really accomplishes? Why is there so consistent opposition in the USA? Does Cuba actually represent any threat?
TLDR: Cuban Americans who fled Cuba tend to support sanctions on the government they fled. And no other group really is fighting to remove the embargo.
The embargo acts as an example to everyone else not to fuck with USA oil. Because if you do, they'll be super petty and make you miserable until the end of time.
The embargo is old-school US punishment. It fucks over their ability to do business in the US, which means no banking, data centers, and much more. This is incredibly inconvenient for Cuba but hasn't meant as much as other LA countries have developed.
This is, of course, initially in response to the Cuban govt nationalizing the primarily US-owned oil industry.
Florida was a swing state, Florida is full of Cubans who hate the Cuban government, Cuba is run by dirty socialists anyways, also they almost blew us up that one time that the boomers are probably all still traumatized from.
That last one isn't a joke, THE SOVIETS were the ones who had to put a stop to Castro calling the launch, and him making them do that is why basically no world government has since cared enough about Cuba to do more about it than calling one of these votes the US will ignore anyways for reasons cited above. Similar to how nobody gave two shits when Iran's embassy in Afghanistan was the target of a terrorist attack well before the US deployed.
But yeah, the funny part is that DeSantis might have actually saved Cuban American relations by driving Florida so far to the right it banned Democrats from wasting time on any strategic thinking on how to appease the Cubans in Florida. One of those lesser "once the boomers die" possibilities with the upcoming super progressive generation in the party.
Nonbinding resolutions prepared to embarrass nations is not a good look UN
Why not? Shame is good for bad behavior
It was the 31st straight year that the United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly condemned the crippling U.S. blockade on the socialist nation.
It doesn't seem to be having much effect.
I don't think it's bad behavior any more than sanctions on bad world actors. Cuba knows how to approach the US, and the UN helps nothing.
As an American, I'd like the US to end it's embargo on Cuba.
Well the US isn't a democracy so our votes don't matter.
Democracy index has it listed as a flawed democracy at 7.85. The cutoff for a hybrid regime is 6.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economist_Democracy_Index
What, did your President chosen by a kiss from a bald eagle?
Edit: guys, issa joke.
People can freely travel to places like Saudi Arabia but somehow Cuba still on embargo
The difference is that Saudi dissidents aren't a significant voting block in any US state.
Saudi Arabia never "threatened" the US with nukes
You can thank the orange baby for cancelling all progress made by Obama, I'm surprised Biden didn't start normalizing relations again...
I hadn't even realized we reverted back. I remember Obama starting to normalize relationships with Cuba, but hadn't read anything since.
Biden is a warm blanket of piss of a Democrat, don't expect too much from his administration
I agree, there's little to no benefit in making an enemy out of Cuba.
There's a bunch of votes in Florida on the line. What I don't understand is why Democrats care, since they aren't getting most of them anyway.
No benefit at all, but I doubt the U.S. will be discussing much with Cuba unless they agreed to get rid of the Chinese base that was built there. Id rather it be lifted but it'll be staying for awhile.
Well, you see, the "good" part is that your opinion doesn't matter to the US government, if it makes you feel any better. Most Americans don't support many things, yet they still have to live with the decisions of a small elitist group that have hijacked power.
And instead of banding together and doing something about those evil motherfuckers, you all meekly submit to other rotting flesh bags who have no more right to rule over you than a sack of potatoes does.
So? There's no official language in the US, and there shouldn't be. People should be able to speak whatever language they want.