US 'Persuades' UN: End Sanctions, But Not Our Sanctions
So, the US can twist arms to make 16 countries change their vote on the Cuba embargo, as Bloomberg proudly announces. This isn't 'persuasion'; it's the diplomatic equivalent of a schoolyard bully demanding your lunch money, backed by the largest military budget in human history. The UN General Assembly has, for 31 consecutive years, voted to end the US embargo on Cuba. In 2023, the tally was
187-2, with the US and Israel standing practically alone. This latest 'persuasion' merely moved a few goalposts without changing the fundamental, decades-long international consensus that the blockade is illegal and inhumane. One might wonder why the US expends so much diplomatic capital on a policy overwhelmingly condemned by the international community, yet claims to champion democracy and human
rights. Perhaps global consensus only matters when it aligns with Washington's agenda. The constant pressure on Cuba, after over 60 years of failed regime change attempts, raises uncomfortable questions about America's commitment to self-determination—unless, of course, that self-determination involves choosing not to be a US client state. How many more decades of economic warfare can be spun as
benevolent 'democracy promotion'?