What now of Cuba?

[islandman]

Shipping arms (obsolete or otherwise) to N. Korea, still 90 miles off the coast of Florida and a dead or maybe still alive Fidel Castro.

Not to mention a Raul Castro who likely co-signed this mis-adventure.

Will the U.N. place sanctions against it? Will U.S. tighten those already in place?


Discuss.

 

[bronzeage]

Shipping arms (obsolete or otherwise) to N. Korea, still 90 miles off the coast of Florida and a dead or maybe still alive Fidel Castro.

Not to mention a Raul Castro who likely co-signed this mis-adventure.

Will the U.N. place sanctions against it? Will U.S. tighten those already in place?


Discuss.

How is North Korea paying for these arms?

 

[islandman]

How is North Korea paying for these arms?

Rare-earth metals.

 

[Bert Notorius]

don't like our position on cuba? thank a kennedy.

 

[islandman]

^^^Likely mis-read the OP.

 

[Boxlicker101]

How is North Korea paying for these arms?

Probably with the money the US has given them.

 

[1sickbastard]

Shipping arms (obsolete or otherwise) to N. Korea, still 90 miles off the coast of Florida and a dead or maybe still alive Fidel Castro.

Not to mention a Raul Castro who likely co-signed this mis-adventure.

Will the U.N. place sanctions against it? Will U.S. tighten those already in place?


Discuss.

Shipping weapons to be repaired and returned, but shipping them hidden w/o declaring them, thats more that a bit fishy.

I think the UN confiscates the ship and cargo, interns the crew for a time then returns them to NK. The US could possibly parley the situation into naval blockage of the DPRK, maybe limited UN sanctions of Cuba, at least for several months.

But its more likely that nothing beyond confiscating the ship and cargo happens

 

[1sickbastard]

How is North Korea paying for these arms?

Actually, the arms were supposedly being sent to be repaired and returned, so the DPRK was going to earn money from the deal, not get more weapons.

At least that's what the BBC reported.

Can't say if its true or not, just what was reported.

 

[KingOrfeo]

Nothing happens now. It's a waiting game. Nothing needs to change until both Castros die.

 

[colddiesel]

If successive US governments had sufficient sense to bombard Cuba with Coca-Cola, Big Macs and the good things of American life, instead of the ridiculous isolation policy which has given Cuba victim-hood status, the Cuban people would have thrown Castro out 50 years ago.

 

[LiFeNdEaTh]

kill'em all lol