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7petalsunflare · 04-03-10, 03:13 PM

so, america is at fault because we wouldn't trade with countries under whose regimes millions of people were killed?

.net · 05-03-10, 03:13 PM

The embargo kills more people then any "regime" has

Paragonal · 06-03-10, 05:59 AM

Did you know, that China, Cuba, Vietnam, Laos, and North Korea are all communists? How many wars/embargos have we levied against Laos? Or China? If we embargoed China our nation would collapse. We rely far to heavily on foreign imports.

But I digress, point is America embargoed communist nations when it was convenient for us. If we really hated communism so much, we'd embargo everyone who uses it. Not just North Korea, and Cuba.

By the way, do we even have an embargo against north korea?

.net · 07-03-10, 06:42 AM

Yep you do, thats why the country is so poor

From wikipedia

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As of October, 2007, the United States has sanctions against:
Countries:
China, no arms-related exports, since 1989 (see Sino-American relations)
Côte d'Ivoire/Ivory Coast (see Côte d'Ivoire – United States relations)
Cuba, since 1962 (see United States embargo against Cuba)
Democratic Republic of the Congo (see Democratic Republic of the Congo – United States relations)
Iran, since 1979 (see Sanctions against Iran)
Myanmar, since 1997 (see Burma – United States relations)
North Korea, since 1950 (see North Korea – United States relations)
Sudan (see Sudan – United States relations)
Syria (see Syria – United States relations)
Venezuela, no defense article exports since 2006 (see United States – Venezuela relations)
Zimbabwe (leadership and humanitarian aid, but not general trade; see United States – Zimbabwe relations)
Persons:
President Alexander Lukashenko and other officials in the government of Belarus
Indonesia Palm Oil (Deforestation)
The Taylor administration in Liberia, which left office in 2003
Certain "Persons Who Threaten International Stabilization" in the Former Yugoslavia