Justifying Unjustifiable Actions
Since the year 1959, the Cuban people have been brutally subjected to a ruthless dictator who cares immensely about his personal well-being, but neglects the men, women, and children that he governs. Many citizens have fled their livelihoods or died trying to escape arrest, torture, and in some cases death. Therefore, considering the nature of the Cuban revolution in 1959 and the broken promises that have consistently occurred over time since then, it is morally correct and justified for the United States to continue the embargo on the communist nation until it shows a willingness to provide its citizens the necessities required for survival and the opportunity to obtain luxuries with hard work.
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According to the terms of the embargo, “Cuba must legalize all political activity, release all political prisoners, commit to free and fair elections in the transition to representative democracy, grant freedom to the press, respect internationally recognized human rights, and allow labor unions” (“ProCon.org”). If such fails to occur in Cuba, then supporters of the embargo argue that the embargo should not be lifted because the abolition of the embargo would portray the United States as weak. The action would also endanger the civil rights of Cubans to the highest degree. According to supporters, “The United States should not risk sending the message that it can be waited out or that seizing US property in foreign countries, as Castro did in Cuba when he took power, will be tolerated” (“ProCon.org”). If communist nations were to wait out an American embargo successfully, it would provide a faulty victory for communism as well as send a false message to socialist nations hoping to antagonize America on a world stage for condemning them in the
Since the year 1959, the Cuban people have been brutally subjected to a ruthless dictator who cares immensely about his personal well-being, but neglects the men, women, and children that he governs. Many citizens have fled their livelihoods or died trying to escape arrest, torture, and in some cases death. Therefore, considering the nature of the Cuban revolution in 1959 and the broken promises that have consistently occurred over time since then, it is morally correct and justified for the United States to continue the embargo on the communist nation until it shows a willingness to provide its citizens the necessities required for survival and the opportunity to obtain luxuries with hard work.
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According to the terms of the embargo, “Cuba must legalize all political activity, release all political prisoners, commit to free and fair elections in the transition to representative democracy, grant freedom to the press, respect internationally recognized human rights, and allow labor unions” (“ProCon.org”). If such fails to occur in Cuba, then supporters of the embargo argue that the embargo should not be lifted because the abolition of the embargo would portray the United States as weak. The action would also endanger the civil rights of Cubans to the highest degree. According to supporters, “The United States should not risk sending the message that it can be waited out or that seizing US property in foreign countries, as Castro did in Cuba when he took power, will be tolerated” (“ProCon.org”). If communist nations were to wait out an American embargo successfully, it would provide a faulty victory for communism as well as send a false message to socialist nations hoping to antagonize America on a world stage for condemning them in the