[bdevani]

China can be considered capitalist, they trade actively with us, and honestly we don't have the ability go to against them. Saudi Arabia, needs to be on our side, to provide the natural resources we consume.

Cuba..that would be just us trading with a Communist country. It would mean allowing Americans to consider a communist country, instead of writing that idea off as crazy. Neither political party in the US wants that. Neither party in the US believes a friendly more transparent relationship with Cuba will strengthen American belief in capitalist democracy across all of society.

[piokuc]

"China can be considered capitalist, they trade actively with us [...] Cuba..that would be just us trading with a Communist country." - this is just pure hypocrisy.

[guard-of-terra]

Cuba already has small private business. It will swiftly transform to China-like capitalism if you let them do so.