Where is this equivalency argument coming from? The Buchanan-area of the spectrum? (honest question)
If it is, then wouldn't our Cuba policy be closer to the anti-"foreign entanglement" positions he espouses?
"Seriously, if you have no problem with [sex] then what's so bad about [rape]?"
Okay, since you asked.
I supported Alan Keyes in the Primary and Dubya in the General. I voted for him and I dissagree with Pat on many issues, the only issue I can think of that I am firmly in Pat's corner on is immigration, and that's just because he's the only one talking about it.
It's like the elephant in the living room, completely invisible to everyone else. Aside from this issue, I was not, am not and will not be a pirchforker.
Good comparison.. Perhaps you should look at the atrocities in China before making it however.
They openly threaten us, knock down out plane and hold hostages, are dying to invade their neighbors, persecute christians, crush their own students with tanks, force abortions (and get mad when we won't subsidize them via the UN, BTW) and sell arms to terrorists.
Absolutely not. That was George Washington's warning and he was talking about political entanglements. Alliances which demand that the US go to war to defend our allies.
Trade is not political. If the American people chose not to do business with communist countries it is their right to do so.
I purchase nothing from China and don't know if I would from Cuba either.