Excellent insights here. Reading about Vietnam and looking
at China I've often thought about the futility of the embargo. While Vietnam
and China are hardly perfect open societies, they have vastly improved when
compared to their condition in the 1970's. While the VC and NVA stopped the
United States, today it's starting to look like the US model won the war.
Interesting changes. I'm not sure they're a good thing. But
interesting.
The United States is also a far cry from perfect. I guess
though from the standpoint of the geo-political strategists and the Capitalist
Establishment, trade and contact prove more effective than threats.
However, I think Margolis missing the opportunity to point
out that empires both need and want enemies. The Military-Industrial Complex
thrives on fear and opposition.
From my standpoint, the Cuba issue has been dead for some
time. The question was how to end it? How could the US end it without losing
face?
As a Christian I couldn't care less about the US losing
face, but I am interested to see how this will play out. What will happen when
the Castro brothers are gone. Their days are most certainly of a very limited
quantity.
