Cuba Bill

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As a private citizen I think we are playing a double standard here. It's okay to condemn dictators who are your enemies, but it's not okay to condemn tinpot dictators like Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Libya because we are supporting their abuses.

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As a private citizen I think we are playing a double standard here. It's okay to condemn dictators who are your enemies, but it's not okay to condemn tinpot dictators like Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Libya because we are supporting their abuses.

Libya is not someone we condone.  We rewarded them for giving up WMD and for sharing intel on terrorists.  This was meant as incentive for other such governments to reform along similar lines.  Cuba has made no such reforms.

But we have a long track record of supporting tinpot dictators worse than Castro. By sitting there and letting Libya get away with bombing the Lockerbis plane we're telling them it's okay to be a dictator.

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But is past inconsistancies in U.S. policy toward some dictators an excuse to go easy on other dictators?

I'm pointing out the double standard were having here. Either you go easy on all dictators or toghen up on all of them, even if they're friendly to us.