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Stultus Maximus posted:I like how it's more permissible to vacation in North Korea than Cuba. Vietnam has some nice tourist packages these days.
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psydude posted:Speaking of which, does being stationed in Guantanamo get boring as gently caress? The area outside the base is only a few square miles, right? Prior active/older people loved mobilizing to Cuba as it was a vacation, non-prior/junior people were annoyed it wasn't a "real MOB". Fishing, scuba diving, and cooking out and drinking on the beach sound pretty great to me.
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Reestablishing our relationship with Cuba would probably hasten chucking the Castro regime into the garbage.
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Casimir Radon posted:Reestablishing our relationship with Cuba would probably hasten chucking the Castro regime into the garbage. Plus the infusion of US capital will basically allow us to make it a client state. Florida Cuban reaction will be hilarious to watch though.
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Analogical posted:Out of all the world leaders not to push, I rank Putin very highly at the top of that list. Actually he's the only person on that list. There's a few other people who would retaliate but have no means to. I'm not saying Russia is armed to the teeth given most of their gear is from the Cold War, but they're armed enough to make it uncomfortable for us, and especially uncomfortable (re: fiery) for eastern Europe. Especially seeing as we don't know the full capability of Russian cyber forces, which is their biggest asset and they've known that. Russia can't do jack poo poo so long as the overlapping EU/NATO block exists. He might hope some economical/political calamity could split 'em apart, but that remains a jingoist wet dream. In reality Russia can't even fully dominate lesser peripheral nations like Georgia or Ukraine without the full commitment of it's armed forces. Which it is too scared to commit, because it might finally prod the westerners into some form of action. And for all the bluster and chest beating over Russian power and western weakness, I think that is the most telling appraisal of Russian military might. They are worried over the loving continental Europeans responding. That's not to say Russia cannot still do something incredibly dumb that would have bad consequences. Like say driving on Kiev, for realsies this time. He just can't do much of anything to anyone outside the old soviet sphere. As for the hackers, I don't imagine the Russian infrastructure or economy is terribly well protected against hacking. Or us giving the Chechens a bunch of last gen drones to play with for that matter. I don't know what you want Obama to do. Seems to me letting the Russian economy be another collateral to the oil war between OPEC and the frackers while maintaining some sanctions for looks is working just fine. psydude posted:Welp, the US and Cuba are in talks right now to re-establish diplomatic relations and reopen embassies. No, goddamnit! Cuba was such a sweet place to visit. Now it'll get overrun by loving american tourists and turned into a floridan 1950s themepark. 
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Courthouse posted:No, goddamnit! Cuba was such a sweet place to visit. Now it'll get overrun by loving american tourists and turned into a floridan 1950s themepark. Shut up.
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Genocide Tendency posted:Jeb Bush would be a not terrible choice for president. That's what George W was sold as too. Gather round, and hear the tales of the 2000 election. The world was peaceful. The democrat was boring and a little corrupt. The republican was compassionate and super moderate. What's the worst that can happen?
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I like Cohibas a lot and their food is good. It is in the Carribean. Let's make Cuba a state and embargo/kick out Florida
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maffew buildings posted:Let's make Cuba a state and kick out Florida
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maffew buildings posted:Let's make Cuba a state and embargo/kick out Florida
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Wait til I move in a couple weeks I don't have an up to date passport tia
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That embargo with cuba needs to end as soon as possible. Cuban rum is the poo poo. Fuckin' ridiculous that when I was in Seattle I had to go to Canada to get fuckin' cuban rum. Viva fidel, motherfuckers, let's get some havana club up in this bitch.
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Dec 17, 2014 20:08
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lol of course loving Marco Rubio is complaining about it.
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Cool that there is a segment of people that believe the people of Cuba, most of whom weren't alive when this poo poo all started, should be systematically hosed over because "reasons" I guess if those Cubans didn't want to suffer from the embargo they should've had the good sense to be born to a family whose patriarchs left before it went down  Also, gently caress Marco Rubio
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maffew buildings posted:Cool that there is a segment of people that believe the people of Cuba, most of whom weren't alive when this poo poo all started, should be systematically hosed over because "reasons" I believe in fairness and that we should systematically gently caress over everyone for no reasons.
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I don't believe in anything, I'm just here for the violence.
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EVA BRAUN BLOWJOBS posted:I don't believe in anything, I'm just here for the violence.
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MRC48B posted:Vietnam has some nice tourist packages these days. Cambodia has a place where you can RPG a cow.
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Brb, gonna move there and do that then employ the locals in my factory making artisan cookware called "Pols Pots"
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I'm lookin at heading to Vietnam over New Years. It's like Thailand but cheaper and less crowded apparently.
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lightpole posted:I'm lookin at heading to Vietnam over New Years. It's like Thailand but cheaper and less crowded apparently. Also more politically stable.
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Post coup and natural disaster are the best times to visit due to the tourism dropoff.
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Which is why Somalia is the secret goldmine of holiday destinations.
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I don't think Cubans and their descendants in the Tampa Bay area ever cared all that much about the embargo, they mostly came here long before the revolution. Lots of Cuban families in the area have been here since the late 1800's/early 1900's and most don't even speak Spanish anymore. It's the Miami Cubans that have the hate boner for the Castro's
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MRC48B posted:Which is why Somalia is the secret goldmine of holiday destinations. Sudan has calmed down quite a bit theres some serious deals to be had touring Darfur
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Oh god baseball is gonna get CRAZY now
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RonMexicosPitbull posted:Sudan has calmed down quite a bit theres some serious deals to be had touring Darfur Doctors Without Borders is offering paid 9 month vacations there. Djibouti is a great place to spend some time and meet some Nubian princesses. Friends on the Alabama say parts of Africa are actually a lot of fun, even if you do run the risk of being kidnapped and maybe catch a little HIV. The old guard Cuban expats were very anti Castro but the younger generation doesn't see it as a big deal. The dynamics have changed a lot. Furthermore, we maintain semi normal relations with Venezuela and even more normal relations with China. I'm not really sure what the point of the embargo is anymore.
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FAT SLAMPIG posted:Oh god baseball is gonna get CRAZY now Move the Indians there, and change the logo, two birds one stone.
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psydude posted:lol of course loving Marco Rubio is complaining about it.
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Casimir Radon posted:Rubio is stupid
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lightpole posted:Doctors Without Borders is offering paid 9 month vacations there. Djibouti is a great place to spend some time and meet some Nubian princesses. Friends on the Alabama say parts of Africa are actually a lot of fun, even if you do run the risk of being kidnapped and maybe catch a little HIV. lol, this is true but loving Djibouti is not one of those places.
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psydude posted:Would visit Havana and gently caress the poo poo out of every single peachy-assed sweaty quarter african supermodel chick.
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ManMythLegend posted:lol, this is true but loving Djibouti is not one of those places. No I personally love Djibouti. It's quite the shithole but things could always be a lot worse. I haven't had the opportunity to make it to some of the real treasures down the east coast. The Alabama runs a triangle hitting the stuff in the south on the east coast. I try to avoid it since it stays in the heat and never leaves. lightpole fucked around with this message at 00:55 on Dec 18, 2014 |
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once again the war criminals show they have the best grasp on reality
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You couldn't pay me enough to vacation in Somalia. Getting there would be a nightmare.
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You act like Marco Rubio is going to do anything that isn't going to score him points with Republican primary voters.
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I've read that a big part of the "gently caress Cuba" torch is borne by Cuban ex-pats and honestly that just seems kind of petty and spiteful no matter how much they hate Castro
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Sony pussed out on releasing The Interview.
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Like it's pretty obvious that the best attack against an evil diplomacy is a massive influx of iPhones and American porn so maybe they should just suck it up and decide to let American tourists travel there and drink mojitos
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lightpole posted:No I personally love Djibouti. It's quite the shithole but things could always be a lot worse. I haven't had the opportunity to make it to some of the real treasures down the east coast. Yeah, I know the ALABAMA's AOR, but the only thing Djibouti has going for it over other ports in the area is the high prevelance of HIV if you're a bug chaser.
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