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Oh brother... Batista was a murderous thug and getting worse by the day. We imposed trade restrictions on Batista (who himself led a military coup to become leader of Cuba) and asked him to leave Cuba voluntarily in 1958 because he was an out of control dictator. You should be glad we stopped supporting him. Castro overthrew Batista with our help and promises of establishing a free Democracy. But within a year Castro joined the Soviets and went full retard.
As for the sanctions... US sanctions aren't the reason Cubans live in poverty. Crappy Communist leadership is the reason. While we had sanctions against them they were still trading with over 40 other countries, including most of Europe. Didn't do them much good, did it?
I do tire of educating The Slow.
Yes and it is our duty to decide who governs a foreign country whether it is the Philippines, Nicaragua, Vietnam, Iran, Afghanistan, El Salvador, Iraq, that has worked oh so well in the past. We always know what is best for them, any idea what the words self determination mean?
Sanctions on Cuba for 50 years, a success story???
The plane sales cam about because of the deal signed by Obama that requires consent of the Senate to be binding. Obama is not dictator
Too bad, we are a nation of laws and you can't just go making them up as you go along.
If I'm Boeing or any company dealing with Iran I'm going to be very careful about what I do until I know who the next President is. Trump has said he is going to force renegotiating the deal with Iran and since this never went before the Senate he has all the power he needs in his pen.
Please spare me the government process and the "dictator", it's boring and you sound like Tom Cotton. The question is and always will be the lack of intelligence in their motion that will hopefully die in the senate when more reasonable heads prevail or at worst the veto.
If I'm the CEO of Boeing I am furious at this grandstanding. This deal was complicated and involved 5 countries, Trump can do what he wants but he will be in this on his own if we renege. China, Russia are not going back on the agreement so we can go it alone if that is his intention as the GOP is the only government body that disagrees with the deal.
So Trump and the GOP backs us out, what do you suppose will happen next??
Great conspiracy theory, pay for top of the line commercial air liners and convert to military aircraft, makes a lot of sense if you're Alex Jones. You realize they already have aircraft?
I'm sure this will scare the hell out of the Israeli Air Force, they're going to have a tough time trying to out maneuver a Boeing 777 or 787 with a measly F16. Brilliant!
We convert commercial aircraft into military use and give them new names like a KC-135 refueler is a Boeing 737 ... You aren't to bright are you?
Well you socialists want the govt involved in private trade and business, so you can't always get what you want.
But only when they agree with the issue. Tyranny does have it's favorites.
The Feds need to stay out of the economy business. They don't have a very good track record now do they.
I don't hate the Iranian people I hate their so called religious leaders and you should pack a bag join ISIS since you hate US here numb nuts...
Is that a personal insult?
And why do you hate their religious leaders? They live thousands of miles away from you. Maybe you should worry more about YOUR crooked religious leaders.
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California Democrat Brad Sherman told, "Iran Air's aircraft will undoubtedly be used in the future to continue to funnel lethal assistance to Assad, to Hezbollah, and to other terrorist entities,"
Brad Sherman. Yeah...his opinion has nothing to do with him having lots of loyalty to Israel.
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They will convert them to recon,refueling,military transport and ballistic missiles to use against US our allies and Israel ... get real join ding dong Detroiter and leave.
We don't have any allies. And so what if they use them for military purposes. Your country has military aircraft too. Why can't Iran?
And again, are you insulting me personally?
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The stupidity of the left is amazing, this may start with airliners, but the United States Government own many many many many rights to military ACFT....like it or not....
But don't let facts get in your way...
Your country has military aircraft. Why is it bad for Iran to have 'em? Have they dropped bombs on the United States from an airliner that you can remember?
You actually expect one of the most powerful nations in Asia to go without new aircraft just because YOU don't like it?
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That's hilarious! How did we 'screw' Cuba? With an embargo that had no real affect on them? By regularly sending them food and medicines the entire time the embargo was in place?
Do you even understand WHY there was an embargo? No, you don't.
Oh that poor Communist dictator in Cuba! The humanity! LOL!
Geezus Christ...read a book. Our harrassment of Cuba started long before Castro was even born. Wake up.
We forced the Platt Amendment on them...after breaking the promise we made in the Teller Amendment that we wouldn't attempt to exercise sovereignty over Cuba. We lied, and double crossed them after they fought their ass off for their independence.
And it only got worse from there. Why do you think the Cuban people accepted Castro with open arms? We'd been treating Cuba as if it were a personal plantation of the United States.
You believe in imperialism? Then you're not an American.
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The plane sales cam about because of the deal signed by Obama that requires consent of the Senate to be binding. Obama is not dictator
Too bad, we are a nation of laws and you can't just go making them up as you go along.
If I'm Boeing or any company dealing with Iran I'm going to be very careful about what I do until I know who the next President is. Trump has said he is going to force renegotiating the deal with Iran and since this never went before the Senate he has all the power he needs in his pen.
Trump isn't gonna renegotiate a damn thing. He's bloviating. Even he knows it. Too bad you don't.
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It's unfortunate the laws of this country bore you. Perhaps you would find a country without the rule of law more exciting.
LMAO...this is hilarious coming from an American.
Your country has been one of the most lawless nations internationally in the last 70 years.
We convert commercial aircraft into military use and give them new names like a KC-135 refueler is a Boeing 737 ... You aren't to bright are you?
Yes they will have a fleet of refuel aircraft, only problem is they don't have a fighter jet to refuel. Maybe they can refuel each other? Great theory.
How many of the people against Boeing and Airbus selling Iran planes proclaim to support capitalism, free trade, and private enterprise? The next thing you know, big govt will prohibit you from buying something you want because "you might do something bad with it" and then we have full blown socialism, responsible for the deaths of over 190 million.
You know nothing about Iran, there is a tremendous amount of history including 19 World Heritage sites. There are already tour operators that travel to Iran, you should really try to do some research and educate yourself.
The Iranian government also imprisons foreigners when they feel like it.
Perhaps Iranians who live in the US would love to visit "the old country" to show their children how everything is so magnificent over there and afterwards hurry back to the safety of the US. I've heard AND seen the drama before.
No, thanks. As a non-Muslim western woman, I would never visit that place. They're worse than the Saudis.
Everything I need to know about Iran and its people I learned in 1979.
Your country has military aircraft. Why is it bad for Iran to have 'em? Have they dropped bombs on the United States from an airliner that you can remember?
I guess the better question is, why do you want your money to go to Iran. It's obvious that you missed my comment about "we (the United States Government) own the tech data"....how hard is that to comprehend?
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