• throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works
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      19 days ago

      UN isn’t a world government.

      Someone is gonna have to enforce it.

      Who is willing to send a navy? Anyone? Yea that’s what really matters. UN votes are just performative.

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        18 days ago

        Would it really take a navy?

        If all these countries started sending joint floatillas to Cuba loaded with supplies, what would the US actually do? Blow them up? Seize them and arrest the crew?

        I kinda doubt it. Maybe if Mexico did it by themselves or something they’d try, but all its allies at the same time? Would the US destroy itself just to enforce this embargo?

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          18 days ago

          Would the US destroy itself just to enforce this embargo?

          I’m not sure why you find that unlikely at this point…?

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            18 days ago

            If we compare it to the trade war with China, the US only kept it up for a few weeks and backed down. There are material realities that force the US to bend, it actually can’t just do whatever it wants. So, if there was an international flotilla sent to Cuba to deliver much needed supplies, the US would retaliate at first and then back down when it realized the entire world was against it.

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          18 days ago

          Not under some other administration. But this administration I’m not so sure.