Cultural Article 2

This article written by Jeffrey Goldberg is about the relevance of Cuba being on the U.S. terror list. The article talks about many countries and why or why not they are on this list and his opinion about those countries. He particularly focuses his opinion on Cuba, and why it should not be on the U.S. terror list.

“Cuba is reducing the size of its military, it has condemned al-Qaeda and it poses no national-security threat to the U.S. No serious intelligence analyst believes that Cuba is still funding or arming foreign insurgencies. But Cuba is on the list. So what, exactly, has it done to merit inclusion?”, says Goldberg. He argues that Cuba is not in the same class as Pakistan and Iran when it comes to being a threat to the United States. In addition, he says that Cuba is still on this list simply because they receive criticism for having conversations with leaders of other countries on this list. Finally, he criticizes the Obama administration for their flawed efforts in amending the list.

Goldberg is missing some key points in his opinions. Although Cuba may not be funding other enemies to the United States, this does not mean they do not support them. In addition, this also means that they are a threat to the U.S. With wars in the Middle East and a possible upcoming war with Iran, Cuba may decide to back either Pakistan or Iran. As long as Cuba keeps having these chats, we should assume that Cuba cannot be trusted. Furthermore, if one takes a look at what they are doing to their own people that alone is enough of an indicator.