Agreed! If the US had something similar in 1959, we might have avoided a lot of problems over the last 60 years, helped millions of people, and had a friend rather than an enemy 90 miles away.
Freed from the constraints of running for the presidency, as President, Kamala Harris could implement radical changes in our foreign policies in many parts of the world to our benefit. I have been a strong proponent of the idea that the projection of soft power as opposed to hard power (war) is both much more effective and far cheaper. If we can win the hearts and minds of other peoples, we will be loved and not feared.
"...it would be a masterstroke of diplomacy if, in Cuba's time of dire need, the U.S. supplied fuel (of which we now have abundant supplies) sufficient to restore power to the Cuban island. We would be supporting communism, yes, but we would also be creating a new Cuba dependent on our largesse. We would be turning the lights back on in a major way and ensuring that the lights stayed on throughout the island by becoming a fuel supplier of last resort (even at reduced rates).
"Yes, we would be reversing a foreign policy stance of decades. But we would also telegraph to the leaders of the developing world that we cared more for the people of Cuba than for ideological rigidity. Doing so would boost our soft power and our generosity for persons in need....."
SO smart ... and perhaps an initiative for President Harris .... for Trump, unlikely he'd be able to locate Cuba on an outline map of the world !!
Agreed! If the US had something similar in 1959, we might have avoided a lot of problems over the last 60 years, helped millions of people, and had a friend rather than an enemy 90 miles away.
Freed from the constraints of running for the presidency, as President, Kamala Harris could implement radical changes in our foreign policies in many parts of the world to our benefit. I have been a strong proponent of the idea that the projection of soft power as opposed to hard power (war) is both much more effective and far cheaper. If we can win the hearts and minds of other peoples, we will be loved and not feared.
Absolutely!
"...it would be a masterstroke of diplomacy if, in Cuba's time of dire need, the U.S. supplied fuel (of which we now have abundant supplies) sufficient to restore power to the Cuban island. We would be supporting communism, yes, but we would also be creating a new Cuba dependent on our largesse. We would be turning the lights back on in a major way and ensuring that the lights stayed on throughout the island by becoming a fuel supplier of last resort (even at reduced rates).
"Yes, we would be reversing a foreign policy stance of decades. But we would also telegraph to the leaders of the developing world that we cared more for the people of Cuba than for ideological rigidity. Doing so would boost our soft power and our generosity for persons in need....."
SO smart ... and perhaps an initiative for President Harris .... for Trump, unlikely he'd be able to locate Cuba on an outline map of the world !!
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David: Thanks!! How to forward the idea or get it noticed is a problem.