Firstly, Iraq... I still fail to see anything that would give the Americans the right to do what they did in Iraq. They lied, plain and simple. The international community saw no reason for them to go into Iraq (no weapons of mass distraction). I also no longer buy the bullsh*t that media has spun about Hussein being the animal they painted him to be. After the invasion he was hid by the citizens of his country for crying outloud. Sounds like a lot of people really wanted to get rid of him badly. All they had to do was tell anyone in an American uniform and Hussein would have been caught. Did that happen quickly? Nope. Hussein is still considered a string figure in the Middle East whether westerners care to admit that or not.
Secondly, Cuba... anyone with a brain in their head would surely admit that 40 years of sanctions and blockade would certainly cause a country to suffer. Jesus, look at what a six month embargo on soft woods did to the lumber industry in BC. Imagine if you were cut off from pretty well everything for 40 years. Think that would have an effect? America's policy is what is hurting Cuba, not Fidel Castro. That is obvious as the nose on anyone's face, if they care to look in the mirror.
Finally, the problem that is the lynch pin to a lot of what ails the world is American foreign policy. If the US would worry about their own backyard and no focus on other nations the world would be a much safer place. American foreign policy and the actions of a half wit in the whitehouse have solidified the hatred against the US that has been deep seeded for almost three quarters of a decade. Instead of intelligently attacking the problem the nimrods in power threw the war machine into over-drive without weighing the consequences. They have made their bed, America will continue to suffer, and the problem will only get worse. Fix the foreign policy and you fix the problem.
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