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Originally Posted by Roger Rambo
If anything, the real comparison should be how Cuba and North Korea responded to the realities of a post cold war environment where they were cut off from soviet aid. By all discernible measures, Cuba adapted much better than North Korea.
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Cuba wasn't exactly cut off from Soviet aid, throughout the entire Cold War they had as much assistance with materiel as with KGB's spycatchers.
Though most of Russian assistance went into Vietnam and Afghanistan - I suspect that US actually tripped the wars on both of the other side of the world because they didn't want the giant cigar on their front door to start smoking.