tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post2276560425429504879..comments2024-03-28T13:37:26.314-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: Cuba and IsraelGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-57876157413639053792016-12-01T20:59:34.410-05:002016-12-01T20:59:34.410-05:00Whenever someone intones that there is no black an...Whenever someone intones that there is no black and white, only shades of gray, it means they are trying to talk you into choosing a darker shade of gray.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-57225103825320472402016-11-30T20:40:27.853-05:002016-11-30T20:40:27.853-05:00Israel, by the way, strikes me as a good deal. I&...Israel, by the way, strikes me as a good deal. I'd want one that was built around my religion instead of someone else's, of course -- but I have to say that Israel's Christians do pretty well compared to Christians elsewhere in the Middle East. So do their Muslims, all things considered. Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-87079504224587309282016-11-30T19:14:13.582-05:002016-11-30T19:14:13.582-05:00They loved Cuba for many of the reasons they hate ...<i>They loved Cuba for many of the reasons they hate Israel (despite its exemplary literacy rate and universal health-care system).</i><br /><br />Now that's an interesting thought.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-373295348816568742016-11-30T17:53:39.456-05:002016-11-30T17:53:39.456-05:00Cuba is also like evil's forward operating bas...Cuba is also like evil's forward operating base.<br /><br />The US has the striking power to topple governments in Afghanistan, Asia, and Iraq, since even WWII. Since the end of the Cold War, something has been protecting Cuba, and it wasn't nukes. Nor was Hussein in power back then.Ymar Sakarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-60052044072758159982016-11-30T16:45:59.218-05:002016-11-30T16:45:59.218-05:00"Would you take the deal?" is a good gam..."Would you take the deal?" is a good game to play when pondering alternative governmental systems. Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.com