UK pretends it still has a navy; "Right wot's all this then", says Admiralty

[Sheilbh]

Both Nigeria and Indonesia have those witch murders and stuff.

Yeah, but you included them in a list with Saudi, Vietnam and Russia - so autocracies you deal with - not, say, Kenya or Tanzania or other countries with witchcraft murders.  You also wanted them to 'embrace the power of true love, friendship and democracy'.  They've got the last one so again you weren't that clear on how important witch murders were to you

[The Minsky Moment]

I for one am very troubled by Raz's pro-witch stance.

[Valmy]

I really hate stuff.

Filling in for Ed Anger are we?

[Valmy]

The weird thing for me is that part of the reasons sanctions are strict on Cuba is because they're a 'state sponsor of terrorism'.  They're on the list with Sudan, Syria and Iran.  The difference is, of course, that the Cubans don't really sponsor terrorism.

I thought it was because they used to sponsor leftist revolutionary groups in the old Cold War days.

The sad part is that Bush took North Korea off the list for godsake but left the Cubans on it.  Cuba is a bigger enemy and sponsor of criminal activity than North Korea?  LOL.  It must be all those gestures of freedom they did.

[The Brain]

Cuba is dangerous to the US because it demonstrates that excellent education, healthcare and general happiness can be provided by a system that is completely different from the soulless capitalism of America.

[Sheilbh]

I thought it was because they used to sponsor leftist revolutionary groups in the old Cold War days.

The sad part is that Bush took North Korea off the list for godsake but left the Cubans on it.  Cuba is a bigger enemy and sponsor of criminal activity than North Korea?  LOL.  It must be all those gestures of freedom they did.

Iraq, Yemen, Libya, others and North Korea, as you say, have been on and off there.  But apparently the Cubans are up there with Iran, Sudan and Syria in terms of terrorist sponsorship.  They should probably try to sponsor enough terrorism so they hit the Pakistan corollary and get billions of military aid instead of sanctions.

Edit:  Looking into it apparently only Syria and Cuba have been on the list since it was created in the late 70s. 

[mongers]

Iraq, Yemen, Libya, others and North Korea, as you say, have been on and off there.  But apparently the Cubans are up there with Iran, Sudan and Syria in terms of terrorist sponsorship.  They should probably try to sponsor enough terrorism so they hit the Pakistan corollary and get billions of military aid instead of sanctions.

Edit:  Looking into it apparently only Syria and Cuba have been on the list since it was created in the late 70s.

[Habbaku]

   Ditto, mongers.

[Razgovory]

Both Nigeria and Indonesia have those witch murders and stuff.

Yeah, but you included them in a list with Saudi, Vietnam and Russia - so autocracies you deal with - not, say, Kenya or Tanzania or other countries with witchcraft murders.  You also wanted them to 'embrace the power of true love, friendship and democracy'.  They've got the last one so again you weren't that clear on how important witch murders were to you

Fine, take Nigeria and Indonesia out.  Jesus.

[CountDeMoney]

But apparently the Cubans are up there with Iran, Sudan and Syria in terms of terrorist sponsorship. 

By many accounts Cuba has one of the tightest foreign intelligence operations out there, but it's mission is so narrowly defined and predicated upon anti-Castroism, that its efficiency against other elements is questionable.