[WarmWash]

The US could not care less about Cuba being communist.

They care a lot about Cuba being "open door communist bros" with the USSR, and now with China.

If China moves on Taiwan, and the US moves to defend, and then a bunch of Chinese missiles hit the East Coast, people will wonder what the government was doing letting China set up camp right on our door step.

[anigbrowl]

The irony of saying we should have the option to defend Taiwan but we can't tolerate China posing a threat in our backyard.

[WarmWash]

It's about as ironic as defending your goal while also trying to get the ball in the opponents goal. I suppose in some way it's ironic, but it's also the only beneficial way to play the game.