When we support most dictators in the world, but embargo Cuba, it sounds less like a moral stance, and more like hypocrisy.
The actual, reason for the embargo, of course, is not a moral stance, or a hypocritical one. It is simply courting Cuban voters[1] in Florida.
In Canada, this kind of phenomenon is called 'America sneezes, we catch a cold.'
[1] Now that Florida's fully fallen off the spectrum of reasonable politics, those voters may well become less relevant for both parties.
When we support most dictators in the world, but embargo Cuba, it sounds less like a moral stance, and more like hypocrisy.
The actual, reason for the embargo, of course, is not a moral stance, or a hypocritical one. It is simply courting Cuban voters[1] in Florida.
In Canada, this kind of phenomenon is called 'America sneezes, we catch a cold.'
[1] Now that Florida's fully fallen off the spectrum of reasonable politics, those voters may well become less relevant for both parties.