# The whole 'Cuban conflict' thing is sour grapes, right?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 12, 2002, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whole-cuban-conflict-thing-is-sour-grapes-right/131924 "2002-10-12T04:06:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2002, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whole-cuban-conflict-thing-is-sour-grapes-right/131924/21 "2002-10-13T07:53:34Z")

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I’ve heard it said that opening rade with Cuba would do more to harm Castro than an embargo would, since free trade would supposdely show people how much better capitalism is.

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