Those of us who live in Europe’s new post-communist democracies experienced similar political deals when we lived behind the former Iron Curtain. We are also extremely familiar with the argument that European policies have not led to any mass arrests in Cuba.
我们这些生活在欧洲新型的后共产主义民主社会之中的人在我们生活在以前的铁幕后面时都经历过类似的政治交易。我们也非常熟悉这种论调，即欧洲的政策没有导致古巴出现大规模的逮捕情况。但是民主政治已经显现出了虚弱性，古巴政权则相应地改变了其战术策略。