IMHO, I think Cuba would have their hand out to the US government just like
the old USSR.

And they would be blaming the US for all of their past, current and future
problems again.



----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred White" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 5:24 PM
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: Terry Jones (from Monty Python) on War


> On Wednesday, February 12, 2003, at 01:40  PM, Wayne R. Boyer wrote:
>
> > In a message dated 2/11/03 11:35:04 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> > [log in to unmask] writes:
> >
> >
> >> I don't know how economically
> >> successful Cuba and Iraq would be without the sanctions ...
> >
> > Cuban sanctions apply only to US oriented trade.  The rest of the
> > world deals
> > with Cuba/Fidel.  The problem is that communistic/socialistic
> > economies don't
> > work real well.  Thus Cuba stays poor.  Nothing stopping Cubans from
> > buying
> > nice new Japanese/German/British/French/etc products other than a lack
> > of
> > ability to pay the price tag.
> >
> > Wayne
>
> Good point. But Cuba is in close proximity to the US and could benefit
> greatly from US tourism and investments.
>
> FW
>
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