A quick history lesson to those who are wondering why we have trade relations with China and not Cuba, despite both being communist nations - CHINA didn't attempt to set up and host Soviet nuclear missile bases in our backyard - Cuba did. CHINA didn't come to us asking for help in ridding their country of a despotic government, promising to install a pro-America democracy, then turning a hard left into communism and pro-SOVIET dictatorship - Cuba did.
CHINA wasn't a direct threat to the U.S. when we established trade relations with them, not to mention that those trade relations were a natural outgrowth of our trade relations with Hong Kong, which was essentially a British city until relatively recently. CHINA witnessed the power of free-market capitalism in Hong Kong, at one time the fastest growing city on the planet, and they wanted a part of it - hence the reason for free enterprise zones throughout China, where the standard of living is ridiculously higher than the rest of the country.
Cuba had none of this, although various administrations have made overtures to Cuba over the years, and rightfully so, as it really is in OUR best interests to see that our neighbors do well on their own. The biggest obstacle to that - especially in Cuba, Haiti, and Mexico - is the MASSIVE corruption in their respective governments.
It's really not that difficult to figure this stuff out, but those I hear asking why we DO with China and DON'T with Cuba are - most of them, anyway - old enough to remember the Cuban missile crisis of the early 60's. Try opening a history book once in a while - you might have a memory or two resurface through those drug-addled brains. ~ Hunter
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