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The dire situation in Cuba. (Original Post) Swede 3 hrs ago OP
Kick dalton99a 3 hrs ago #1
Genocide malaise 3 hrs ago #2
I don't understand how this is allowed to happen.... Spazito 3 hrs ago #3
Ding ding malaise 3 hrs ago #4
I think it is a war crime? Where is the GOP? Where is the UN? nt wiggs 3 hrs ago #6
Where are all the other countries who should be decrying this criminal act? Spazito 2 hrs ago #7
Why, it IS a war crime AND... 2naSalit 26 min ago #9
I agree, that's how I see it too... Spazito 23 min ago #11
I grieve ... not just for the dead, but for the United States. Intractable 3 hrs ago #5
In emergency conditions, those on the margins will die. Irish_Dem 1 hr ago #8
DURec leftstreet 25 min ago #10

Spazito

(55,407 posts)
3. I don't understand how this is allowed to happen....
Sun Mar 22, 2026, 09:28 AM
3 hrs ago

what gives the US the right to blockade Cuba? To me, this is the equivalent of a war crime.

Spazito

(55,407 posts)
7. Where are all the other countries who should be decrying this criminal act?
Sun Mar 22, 2026, 09:51 AM
2 hrs ago

I haven't heard anything of substance from my own country on this. Yes, we are sending aid to Cuba but not oil which is what is needed most and not speaking out against the blockade in any meaningful way.

Spazito

(55,407 posts)
11. I agree, that's how I see it too...
Sun Mar 22, 2026, 12:16 PM
23 min ago

I can only hope the UN sees it that way as well.

Irish_Dem

(81,090 posts)
8. In emergency conditions, those on the margins will die.
Sun Mar 22, 2026, 10:46 AM
1 hr ago

The power going out for an extended period of time means people will die.

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