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Useful idiots visit Cuba, right on time

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Posted By: Moritz55, 3/24/2026 9:28:00 AM

Leftists from around the world descended on Cuba over the weekend for a “humanitarian” trip aimed at protesting the United States’ oil blockade, and they played the role of useful idiots perfectly. Nothing says solidarity like going to an impoverished country and staying at a five-star hotel. Hundreds of delegates from dozens of countries brought several tons of food, medicine and other supplies to the island, which is struggling through an energy crisis. The best way to help the Cuban people, of course, would be to free them from a dictatorship that has failed to meet their needs for more than half a century. Yet the roster of attendees was more

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Reply 1 - Posted by: felixcat 3/24/2026 9:33:33 AM (No. 2084284)
Did Omar's daughter bring along some cases of wine from her step-father and mother's vineyard?
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Vaquero45 3/24/2026 10:14:11 AM (No. 2084310)
Now that they’re all in one place, shut down the airport. Don’t let them leave. They can show their “solidarity” by living in Cuba for a few years.
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