But herein lies the rub: at the start of the thread you said “okay they deserved this over arrests of protestors”. Can you link your comment were you advocated for sanctions against usa over arrests of protestors before this?

Passive “both sides are bad” when one side is already sanctioned (and apparently so bad they don’t get enough food) and the other is helping perpetrate genocide, arrests protestors just the same and is not sanctioned is not equal enlightened view. I assume whatever your country is, you can’t vote for a representative who will sanction usa trade. So you have active positive acceptance of cuba sanctions and silence on sanctions on israel/usa whatever. usa is perfectly happy with your position, its exactly theirs