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by sremani 2872 days ago
>> And Japan did Pearl Harbour, so what?

Japan did Pearl Harbour .. but you left out Hiroshima and Nagasaki!

>> The idea that you apply sanctions for historical reasons is absurd.

Cuba was 90 miles away from mainland US in 1960s and in 2018 too. Its not historical, its geographic and geo-political with historic context.

US has a harsh embargo on Cuba because it is too close to US. If Cuba was adversarial and is 1000 miles away, the relationship would have been different.

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I think the point is that Cuba is adversarial in large part because of the US's hostility towards it.
So why does the US have a harsh embargo on DPRK?