The debate over our current and future relations with Cuba generally takes two sides. The first side is the concept that President Obama is currently embodying in his new policy: openness. President Obama, and many others, believe that the embargo that our country has placed into law and watched affect Cuba over the past 54 years is simply not working. They believe that it will never work. The only true impact on Cuba has been seen in the economy. Even still, Cuba has managed to survive through other countries’ support, specifically Venezuela. This means that no major changes have been seen as a result of the embargo that have directly affected human rights in Cuba. The Castro Regime has held out in their communist ways all of these years. …show more content…
This concept is highly supported among Republicans due to their constant pursuit for democracy. Other supporters include Cuban-Americans who value the embargo because they see it as another way to show anger at the Castro Regime for the mistreatment of family still in Cuba. Coincidentally, We saw two big Cuban-American Republican presidential candidates in Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio (who has since dropped from the race). This makes things harder for President Obama, because it is likely that if Ted Cruz is elected, then all executive decisions made by Obama will be …show more content…
Political gain makes war an opportunity for personal gain. Identity as a goal means that people are divided not by territory, but rather by their ideology. This places people who do not fit into the same ideology as “other” and therefore labels them as the enemy. The problem here is that identity politics are inherently exclusive and fragmentation tends to occur. Local sectarianism is based upon ethnicity or religion. In “new wars”, sources of financing can only be sustained through continued violence. This is just another reason that there is no incentive to stop