2. American governments have the puzzling habit of often not even recognizing regimes they have disagreements with.
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3. American non-recognition policy long predates Cold War: USA refused to recognize revolutionary Haiti because it overthrew slavery.
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@HeerJeet "one of the uses"--such a sad lineThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Was Pierre Trudeau's public friendship with Fidel a sort of grand exercise in back-channel outreach? (Pierre did nothing halfway.) -
@EricKleefeld I think so. Also his travels to China.
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@HeerJeet Are you saying that the U.S. created Canada as a sock puppet to talk to people that blocked it? -
@ShammaBoyarin More like people that USA blocked, but yes.
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@HeerJeet Not nearly as important as Canada's role of Tim Horton's incubatorThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@ZaidJilani@HeerJeet how can you distinguish between the two?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@ZaidJilani@HeerJeet lol I just wish he could sum it up it a couple tweets. Twitter isn't for dissertations.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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