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    Why not? It’s the only power orgs like the UN have in situations like these.

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      The UN exists to prevent another major war between great powers. Alienating such powers is counterproductive.

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          Sure. But we’re talking about an embargo. Everyone has the right to use embargoes, and they’re a time-honored method of non-violent opposition. Framing this as the US transgressing some boundary is hyperbole at best.

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            What is the point of this embargo? What is it trying to accomplish? What is worse about the Cuban government, than all the other countries the US doesn’t embargo?

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                No it isn’t. Non-violent opposition to what? Everyone also has the right to violent opposition, but the context makes all the difference.

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                  Violence, by definition, is unjustified. But that is also beside my point. Which has to do with the UN, not the embargo.

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                    Can you not be violent in self defense? Embargoes and sanctions can also be seen as a form of violence if they cause deaths. If you prevent essential goods like food or medicine from reaching those in need, and people die as a result-- is that better than bombing or shooting them?

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        So is letting such a power bully another country via pointless economic sanctions. Or do you not remember how Hitler got popular in Nazi Germany?