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U.N. votes to end US embargo on Cuba; US and Israel oppose (www.reuters.com)

submitted 2 years ago by JRepin@lemmy.ml to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] livus@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

@ReallyKinda

Basically it means "we really wish we could stop this embargo but we acknowledge that none of us can physically stand up to the US, so we won't attempt to make it illegal for any of us to obey the US".