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For more than 50 years, the United States has had an embargo against the island of Cuba, all because we supposedly hate communism and believe the nation 90 miles from our borders should institute democracy.
As the GOP candidates battle it out for votes in Florida's primary election on Tuesday, the subject of Cuba has come up in a couple of debates. Nearly all the candidates, except for Texas Rep. Ron Paul, have sounded ridiculous trying to defend what is clearly a failed policy, all in an effort to curry favor among the large population of Cuban voters in the state.
The hypocrisy of America's Cuba policy - CNN.com
The one thing he left out that should have been mentioned is that sanctions and embargoes only ever hurt the target country's population, and never that country's government. If we really want to stand beside the Cuban people then our government needs to allow us to start trading with them and to travel there.