Obama Announces U.S. and Cuba Will Resume Diplomatic Relations
It's about time!
The cold war has been over for 25 years, and even before that, clinging to a completely idiotic no-contact policy vis-a-vis Cuba was completely counter-productive. This policy catered to the left-overs of the terrible Batista regime, who had found refuge in the US. We pontificated about the terrible human rights violations of Castro's Cuba, but the Batista regime was at least as bad.
The blokade made sense while the Siviets were trying to use Cuba as a forward base for their military and spying operations, but by the time that was no longer an issue, the Batisata Cubans had managed to co-opt our right-wing fanatics to perpetuate and non-sense policy.
Congratulations to Obama for having the courage to end this rediculous policy. There is something to be said for being a lame-duck President with nothing left to loose. In this and the immigration policies, he is (finally) showing courage to do what is right rather than what "the Right" insist on.
The cold war has been over for 25 years, and even before that, clinging to a completely idiotic no-contact policy vis-a-vis Cuba was completely counter-productive. This policy catered to the left-overs of the terrible Batista regime, who had found refuge in the US. We pontificated about the terrible human rights violations of Castro's Cuba, but the Batista regime was at least as bad.
The blokade made sense while the Siviets were trying to use Cuba as a forward base for their military and spying operations, but by the time that was no longer an issue, the Batisata Cubans had managed to co-opt our right-wing fanatics to perpetuate and non-sense policy.
Congratulations to Obama for having the courage to end this rediculous policy. There is something to be said for being a lame-duck President with nothing left to loose. In this and the immigration policies, he is (finally) showing courage to do what is right rather than what "the Right" insist on.
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