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You are a disingeneous debater, you ignore every point made, and every rebuttal of your worn-out arguments.

The entire world USED to trade with Cuba, or rather with a dictator whose stated policy (publicly ststed BTW) is to NOT PAY the foreign debt of those countries that he deems "oppresors", one of those countries is the US.

In light of the fact that International trade has been going on in Cuba for years without significant change, in spite of the well-documented record of non-payment on his his foreign debt, in spite of his statements of solidarity with countries that are sworn enemies of the US( May 21, 2001 Castro declares that Cuba and Iraq will bring the US to its knees), in spite of his record of human rights abuses, in spite of the theft of property belonging to US citizens (if I steal your car, and you don't catch me until the car is too old to be worth anything, will you lend me your car again?), in spite of the billions of dollars in bad debt that he has accumulated over the past years, what reason could you possibly have to want to trade with Castro?

You say that the "embargo" hasn't worked? How many billions of dollars is Castro defaulting on with US creditors?

It never ceases to amaze me when someone here is in a disagreement one will accuse the other of doing what they themselves are doing. Have you heard of projection? You have run right through several of my points. And now you throw out the accusation. Save some of the mud for yourself.

I'll make this point for the last time. Trading with Canada or Europe is not the same as with the US. For differences in these countries read other posts, I have no interest in providing a tutorial.

The indebtedness of Cuba is not a deal breaker. We have worked with countries in bad situations before, especially when our goal is to help foster improvements in that country.

The thing that makes the least sense is to countinue on a course that puts us in the least powerful position vis a vis the problem.