First, 
for your kitty.
Please understand, I wasnt trying to be mean...sometimes, folks dont know theres a Sarcasm Thingie, and you have to ask.
I appreciate that you think it's a good idea. Yes, it should he up to them. One of the benefits of being part of the Union is things like federal building codes, despite the fact that republicans would rather just not.
The rest of the western hemisphere isnt discussed much in democratic party circles as a national security issue (and the Monroe Doctrine wasnt exactly great in its reasoning, I'll grant that caveat); however...
My reasoning is that if the FBI and DEA does not have an active field office set up in Havana 2 weeks after the Castro Regime falls, you can bet your sweet fuckin bippy the Five Families and the Russian Mob sure as hell will.
We have, in a lot of cases by necessity I'll grant, ignored most of Latin America for far too long. This might sound imperialistic as fuck, but it's our natural sphere of influence and we should treat its 'care and feeding' with as much positive influence as we possibly can. Offers of statehood would be messy as hell in the short term for sure, but I think its important to our national security into the 22nd Century. Yeah, that a long way off. But still. I like positive visions of the future, I guess lol...
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