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Lifting the arms embargo on the Bosnians, as advocated by U.S. Senate majority leader Robert Dole, would necessitate a withdrawal of U.N. troops by NATO forces, a dangerous operation that could prove unpalatable in Washington if it meant sending U.S. soldiers. What's more, it would probably trigger an immediate response from the already heavily armed Bosnian Serbs, resulting in what a U.N. official indelicately calls a "Dolocaust." The Pentagon opposes Dole's plan, and he has postponed bringing it to the Senate floor until June at the earliest. If Congress passes it, which is likely if only to embarrass...
Lifting the United States' embargo on Cuba would not guarantee an end to Fidel Castro's human rights violations, Jorge L. Mas Canosa, chair of the Cuban-American National Foundation, said in a speech Wednesday night at the Kennedy School of Government...
...address, titled "The Realities of Cuba Today," Mas Canosa condemned the proposed "180 degree change in policy" of the United States, saying that the current embargo is "the only language that Castro understands...
...added that the claim that the U.S. embargo was hurting the Cuban people was only an excuse...
Ever since the trade ban was lifted, moreover, a pack of U.S. companies has raced into the country to sniff out opportunities. But while the embargo's end may have opened the door, no American firm will manufacture in Vietnam products to be sold in the U.S. so long as Vietnam is not granted most-favored-nation status. Such a move enjoys growing support in the Senate, where a resolution calling for full diplomatic ties will be introduced soon. The resolution is popular for reasons that are not only economic but strategic: the end of the cold war has created...