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President Obama "Normalizes" Relations With Cuba, Opens Diplomatic Channels; USAID Chief Resigns - Live Feed
Odd... during a week when President Obama prepares to launch new sanctions against Venezuela and Russia, The White House admits, “It is clear that decades of U.S. isolation of Cuba have failed to accomplish our enduring objective of promoting the emergence of a democratic, prosperous, and stable Cuba."
Diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba were severed in January 1961 after the rise of Fidel Castro and his Communist government. Mr. Obama has instructed Secretary of State John Kerry to immediately initiate discussions with Cuba about reestablishing diplomatic relations and to begin the process of removing Cuba from the list of states that sponsor terrorism, which it has been on since 1982, the White House said.
President Obama will speak on the matter at 12:01ET....
The Good news...
Alan Gross. Back on U.S. soil. pic.twitter.com/Ut5jvdQGg2
— Jeff Flake (@JeffFlake) December 17, 2014
Here's The President in 2010... Statement by the President on the Human Rights Situation in Cuba
Recent events in Cuba, including the tragic death of Orlando Zapata Tamayo, the repression visited upon Las Damas de Blanco, and the intensified harassment of those who dare to give voice to the desires of their fellow Cubans, are deeply disturbing.
These events underscore that instead of embracing an opportunity to enter a new era, Cuban authorities continue to respond to the aspirations of the Cuban people with a clenched fist.
Today, I join my voice with brave individuals across Cuba and a growing chorus around the world in calling for an end to the repression, for the immediate, unconditional release of all political prisoners in Cuba, and for respect for the basic rights of the Cuban people.
During the course of the past year, I have taken steps to reach out to the Cuban people and to signal my desire to seek a new era in relations between the governments of the United States and Cuba. I remain committed to supporting the simple desire of the Cuban people to freely determine their future and to enjoy the rights and freedoms that define the Americas, and that should be universal to all human beings.
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And today, as Bloomberg reports,
White House says measures will “end our outdated approach,” promote change in Cuba consistent “with U.S. national security interests”
In coming mos., U.S. “will re-establish an embassy in Havana and carry out high-level exchanges and visits between our two governments as part of the normalization process”
Initial step will involve U.S.-Cuba Migration Talks in Jan.
U.S. institutions will be allowed to open accounts at Cuban financial institutions for authorized transactions; U.S. credit, debit cards permitted for use by travelers to Cuba
Travelers can import $400 of goods from Cuba, no more than $100 of tobacco, alcohol combined
White House moving to expand exports of U.S. goods, services incl. building materials, agricultural equipment, communications devices
Lifts sanctions on Cuban nationals outside Cuba
Changes announced will be implemented via amendments to U.S. Treasury, Commerce Dept regulations
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Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Robert Menendez is not happy...
"This is a moment of profound relief for Alan Gross and his family. Mr. Gross' physical and mental health has declined severely as a result of his five-year imprisonment under difficult conditions. He should have been released immediately and unconditionally five years ago. He committed no crime and was simply working to provide internet access to Cuba's small Jewish community. His imprisonment was cruel and arbitrary, but consistent with the behavior of the Cuban regime.
“Let's be clear, this was not a "humanitarian" act by the Castro regime. It was a swap of convicted spies for an innocent American.
“President Obama's actions have vindicated the brutal behavior of the Cuban government. There is no equivalence between an international aid worker and convicted spies who were found guilty of conspiracy to commit espionage against our nation. One spy was also convicted of conspiracy to murder for his role in the 1996 tragedy in which the Cuban military shot down two U.S. civilian planes, killing several American citizens. My heart goes out to the American families that lost love ones on that fateful day.
“Trading Mr. Gross for three convicted criminals sets an extremely dangerous precedent. It invites dictatorial and rogue regimes to use Americans serving overseas as bargaining chips. I fear that today’s actions will put at risk the thousands of Americans that work overseas to support civil society, advocate for access to information, provide humanitarian services, and promote democratic reforms.
“This asymmetrical trade will invite further belligerence toward Cuba's opposition movement and the hardening of the government’s dictatorial hold on its people. Let us all remind ourselves that an untold number of ordinary people yearning for democracy remain imprisoned by the exact same tormentors that have punished Alan Gross and they, along with all Cubans, deserve a free and liberated Cuba."
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And then there is this...
Rajiv Shah, the administrator for the U.S. Agency for International Development, abruptly resigned on Wednesday after US and Cuba announced plans to normalize relations and exchange prisoners.
USAID oversaw secret US programs aimed at regime change in Cuba.
U.S. Government Caught Using Humanitarian HIV Program As Front To Foster Cuban Dissent
Conspiracy Fact: How The U.S. Government Covertly Invented A "Cuban Twitter" To Create Revolution
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I think they are thinking 'Cuban Missle Crisis II'. Too bad they keep forgetting about 50 years of technological change which makes nukes launchable from everywhere.
The people in government are so stupid and behind the times.
Why am I not surprised?!
first time / long time...
Gross was caught on his 4th trip bringing in large amounts of communication equipments including CIA and DoD's special issue signal scrambler. His mission was funded by what amounts to the CIA's civilian arm (USAID) with the goal of using Havana's small Jewish community as a base to overthrow the then new (Raul's) government.
This is about boxing out Russia.
Obviously.
Ought to be good for MLB, though.
The equipment was supplied to Cuban members of the Tribe.
the tribe is after Russia BIG time, they are even willing to normalize things with Cuba (also to make sure Russia is not going to use Cuba for missiles )
i have a feeling war is coming for sure now
the tribe is after Russia BIG time, they are even willing to normalize things with Cuba (also to make sure Russia is not going to use Cuba for missiles )
And will fail miserably at it! What are they going to do after more than 100 years of American sanctions and domination?... Make them an attractive offer for their oil as long as it's sold in USD???
Pucker up Shlomo!!!
I hope you are right nd that Cuba see through the BS and thinks long term
SD
Castro must be shaking his head and laughing hysterically and saying out loud I'm glad I stuck around long enough to witness them in complete melt down!
That oil they are sitting on ain't gonna come cheap after all the abuse they've taken!
You know they asked Putin and he said "Sure."
Hundreds of Spanish speaking FSB agents are renting apts in Havana right now.
Hundreds of Spanish speaking FSB agents are renting apts in Havana right now.
And I thank V. Putin every day for it!
If he didn't along with those very large underwater boats that carry these there wouldn't be peace and Russia would be gone by now!
Hey we got a new #Cuba.........#Eritrea......http://www.madote.com/2014/12/eritrea-cuba-of-africa.html?m=1
The day before he embargoed Cuba trade, JFK purchased 1000 cuban cigars for his personal use. Cuba has stood as a light to the free world that the power of the US was not able to break the revolutionary spirit of a freed people.... they suffered but still beat the US in Baby deaths per thousand, percentage of educated citizens etc. This is the US finally capitulating.
I agree with your last sentence. Maybe Obama will embrace the Castros like he did Hugo Chavez. After all, they are political brethren.
the Caribbean black man considers the American negro to be unchaste. however since Obama is Kenyan it probably all works out
Few people understand the communist ideology of Bath House is directed by the pragmatic, technical socialism of the Banksters directed at the People. He is able to reconcile his Marxist beliefs with the socialist intentions of the Banksters.
The Africans consider American Blacks to be worthless POS.
The uneducated, emotional native American Blacks are ripe for exploitation by Islam and Communism. Destroyed bt generations of .gov free money, they are adrift, w/o morals or family-unit cohesion.
Let us see how this develops.
Cigars, banksters...get it?
Fuckbama...doing what he's told....
1) Distraction
2) Emotion
3) More money for the wanking fucking bankers
Bath House was the perfect agent to put in power to destroy the culture, religion, and morality of the old USA.
A foreign operative, raised to hate the US and its citizens, Bath House has continued to succeed backed by the Banksters who own him and the US Congress.
It is truly astonishing to watch him dismantle the United States w/o any opposition.
He has two more years.
He will not be stopped.
Bath House would welcome a tyrannical state, allowing him to have the Glory while following the Orders of his Masters. Failing that, a fratricidal civil war would be plan #2, forever reducing the US to a bankrupt, lawlless land as an easy target for whatever military force the PTB wish to insert under cover of their UN Corporation.
dunno.
Looks like vengeance of the descendants of slaves to me.
Retribution is not just for rich, white folk and Israelis any more.
cigars, clinton, banksters isn't it? bob rubin? or is is cigars, clinton, off balance sheet wars, goldman (hank paulson?), vampire squid, neoconservatives, banksters? or is it cigars, george soros, NWO, neoconservatives, bosnia, banksters, jack abramoff, banksters, jeb bush? i need a new flow chart
And, things would be so much better in N. Korea if we normalized relations with them. Same logic.
Vaya con Dios, Cuba!
oh oh look out Cuba you are about to get Eastern Ukrained by some Neo Nazi Cuban Ex-Pats. first the CIA appoints a new president, (diebold holds the election). and polls (polls are always right and reveal the democratic will of the people) the polls show that most Cubans wants to be part of the EU/Western banking system. before long the IMF loan sharks are all over Havana, they building empty commercial real estate, bridges to nowhere. when Cuba splits down the middle, the Congress votes military aid to the new government. meanwhile Vlad Putin takes a page for Khruschev and ships missiles into their country.
Does this mean Sloppy Joe's will relocate back to Havana along with all their "sweety-pie" male patrons that took over Key West?
The Cuban announcement is a declaration of war against Americans. No longer can American jobs and American culture be protected by a representative government - because that government is Communist, international, and completely controlled by international bankers who have no loyalty to American citizens.
These bankers, in fact, appear to have the goal of dissolving the estates of the American middle class so that a world of control over workers and resources can be established by these obscenely ambitious oligarchs.
The Cuban announcement is a rapid accompaniment to the amnesty that Obama already has established. Yes, these Cubans are a Democrat votes but more than that they are the symbol of a declining America.
In addition to not only more Mexicans, and now more Cubans, but more Syrians are slated to enter the country.
As Retiring Rep. Jim Moran (D), northern Virginia, pointed out regarding the Cromnibus:
“ *$3.06 billion has been provided, $1.01 billion above the President’s request for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons. (P. 52 Democrat summary). Recall that in September Simon Henshaw, deputy assistant secretary of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, announced: “Next year, you will see thousands [of Syrians] entering the US. We are committed to a large program on a par with other large [refugee resettlement] programs in the past… Our commitment is to do thousands a year over many years,” he said. There are over 1 million Syrian refugees in Turkey who have fled Syria’s civil war. “Our resettlement program from Turkey is one of our largest in the world, and it will continue to grow.”
I sometimes wonder if Cloward and Piven were not underwritten in grants by TPTB.
It is quite obvious their puppet has been instructed to allow unlimited immigration by non-white peoples to undermine the original US composition.
These immigrants are being gifted monies and benefits not allowed to US native-born people.
Israel does not allow this type of activity. The Zionistas and their cohorts wish to reduce the white European countries to a mass of immigrants designed to destroy their cultures, split them into ethnic enclaves, then Rule over them.
No, this is a moment where Emperor Goebbels shows his true colors by snuggling up to thugs and murderers he admires. I'm sure he also regrets Che is dead.
www.traderzoo.mobi
Is Cuba handing over NJ cop killer Chessimard who has been protected by Castro for 30+ years?
There goes the neighborhood (cuba that is )
If sanction doesn't work, flood them with US dollar.
I am about 50 miles North of Miami. Might need to go down there and watch the Cubans demonstrate. Most will be in wheelchairs, walkers, and canes.
Did Fidel win?
Viva la revolución?Next step, legal immigration from Cuba. We must have emptied out most of Central America by now.
This is all about resources and real estate developement. Keep poking that bear you fucking Gumby® brains. Say goodby to the democratic Florida vote.
Obamma scrambling to keep Russia out fo Cuba-
Everything else he says ignore- it's just the usual BS
The DDR went belly-up. so will Cuba. Happy Hanukkah!
Actually makes a lot of sense. Cuba has tons of doctors willing to work for $5 a day. Restoring ties with Cuba will surely salvage Obamacare.
Senator Menendez is an idiot if he thinks this is a precedent. Guess he forgot about that Bergdahl dude.
Interersting question: Will the Russians still have landing rights for their military aircraft in Cuba? Bear-D and Bear-F aircraft regularly use Cuba for rest, recreation and refueling.
Wow, they are right this is the most Transparient Presidency ever! With Cuba its simple 1) Block any Russian advance 2) Protect US intrests already established 1 year before announcment 3) Protect beach houses of political cronies
I have a feeling there's going to be very bad news from the Fed meeting. This is just sugar coating it.
BULLISH for Florida phosphate businesses. Sell phosphate to Cuba for fertilizer. I think The War On Cuba was mostly about the Mafia-run casinos in Havana, and about the big Agribusiness ("banana republic") companies, who forced so many Cubans off their own land.
Oh wow!
Now American tourists will be able to legally buy an authentic Official Communist Cuban Government rice cooker, just like REAL oppressed people have.
This is sure to be the latest progressive metrosexual "must have" item.
Just in time for Kwanzaa.
Maybe we should have thought about this BEFORE poking the Russian hornet's nest....
The sudden pivot is laughably transparent.
And a first for the administration which campaigned on such a platform.
Shale is hitting the fan and the U.S. needs Cuban oil, prostitutes, and beautiful beaches.
"Shale is hitting the fan and the U.S. needs Cuban oil ..."
Cuban oil?
Are you sure that there IS any Cuban oil?
Someone once observed that if you put Communists in charge of the Sahara Desert, you would have a shortage of sand.
Putting Cuban Communists in charge of Cuban oil is worse than putting the Mexican government in charge of Mexican oil, and at least as bad as putting Venezuelan Commies in charge of Venezueal oil.
Yes...Cuba has oil.
http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2014-01-21/news/fl-bob-graham-cuba-dril...
. . . and another piece of the puzzle falls into place.
Maybe they should send Krugman to Cuba. He will completely ruin this country within 10 years which the communists couldn't accomplish in 50 years. Mission accomplished.
Mandela’s funeral gave politicians the world over – from Rubio to Obama - the chance to jump on board the new racism.
When votes are at stake, color is the key.
Fallen conservative idol, Marco Rubio, provided a disgusting example of politicians positioning themselves to get votes.
In his “let’s fix immigration” spiel, Rubio actually wove in a declaration of how men like Mandela have spread democracy and human rights around the world. According to Rubio on Hannity, it was all right for Mandela, a communist, to rise up in a genocidal campaign against Whites, but it was not all right for Communist Raul Castro to persecute Cubans.
Barack Obama, July 17, 2012, in a Statement on Nelson Mandela International Day, said:
"On a personal note, our family has been insepired by Madiba's (Mandela’s) example… By any measure, Nelson Mandela has changed the arc of history, transforming his country, continent, and the world."
The late Nelson Mandela and his wife Winnie called Cuba their “second home.” Here is his praise of the communist dictatorship as late as 1991 when he and Winnie were in Cuba to celebrate the communist revolution with Fidel Castro. In his speech Mandela said:
"Long live the Cuban Revolution. Long live comrade Fidel Castro... Cuban internationalists have done so much for African independence, freedom, and justice. We admire the sacrifices of the Cuban people in maintaining their independence and sovereignty in the face of a vicious imperialist campaign designed to destroy the advances of the Cuban revolution. We too want to control our destiny... There can be no surrender. It is a case of freedom or death. The Cuban revolution has been a source of inspiration to all freedom-loving people."
In May of 1990 Mandela, visiting America, went on record, referring to Cuba:
There's one thing where that country stands out head and shoulders above the rest. That is in its love for human rights and liberty.
http://www.realnews247.com/how_to_be_a_good_communist.htm
"May Nelson Mandela's life of service to others and his unwavering commitment to equality, reconciliation, and human dignity continue to be a beacon for each future generation seeking a more just and prosperous world." Barack Obama, July 17, 2013, Statement on Nelson Mandela International Day
() [ I ^ # @ !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG57ncLTCNc
From the sign language guy at Mandellas funeral.
I thought the movie "Invictus" was wonderful.
Nelson Mandela was awarded the USA Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Invictus the movie was a nice bit of fiction. In fact the poem Invictus was not the poem that Mandela gave to the South frican (Springbok) captain Francois Pienaar. The real poem was The Undefeated Man in the Arena.
Plus Capt Pienarr was 6'3" and 240lbs. Played by Matt Damon at 5' 10" and 180 lbs soaking wet did little to add any realism to the film. The rugby action was filmed very badl;y and anyone familiar with rugby at all saw that.
The rest of the film was just way too syrup on the pancakes. A nice film for those under the age of 12.
Off topic. According to mythology, the "Son of Man" was betrayed for 30 pieces of silver (Ag) , about 500 US fiat dollars today.
Lesson learned: A Jew will sell out even God for next to nothing.....
The dude is too retarded to realize that Jesus, all of Jesus' disciples, all of Jesus' family, and all of the first Christians were Jewish.
Just harassing Shekels since he was wanting to pass his typical Hannukah cheer, but since you were asking.....
Jesus was a Jew that told Jews to change their ways. For that they pinned him to a cross.
The smart ones listened to his teachings and changed the world to make it better place for all (these are now called Christians and some Jews). The dumb ones stuck with the old idealology and continue to be destructive parasites.
Sometimes they are so destructive that the society they have attached to says 'enough!' and has to purge them from their societies. Not because they hate all of them but because they cannot tell the good from the bad.
From this, the Jews have built a victimhood mentality. They feel that since they are always victims, they have to gain money, power and control to protect themselves. And some of them even use it to rationalize the right to steal and cheat people that they think hate them. Never realizing that it is their actions that turn people against them and not that people inherently hate them.
The lesson that Jews should have learned is what Jesus tried to teach them, one simple golden rule :'do unto others as you would have them do unto you'. Stop cheating, stealing and corrupting for your own selfish interest and people will not hate you.
A communist would not find anything wrong with communist dictatorial thugs like castro.
Are we the french now? Surrender monkeys.
Another hit at the French. It will never get old. Ever. You can count on that.
It amazes me how people are so vitriolic toward a country and a people who helpd them win independence from a tyrannical empire. Yet here we are - bashing France at every turn while fawning endlessly over the royal family of said tyrannical empire. America is funny like that.
Too bad the French can't go back in time and give a big middle finger to the Colonialists and their terroristic intentions against the freedom-loving British. Too bad, indeed.
Not to mention that little gift they gave us....pretty much the symbol of what we stood for....Lady Liberty.
I agree, the French are a wonderful people with a heritage that is the very definition of culture and enlightened civilization. The carnage they went through in WW I was unspeakable, yet they came back. I don't understand the supposed need to bash them all the time.
Moved.
Tsar, I'm glad to read your post and the two responses that precede mine. The French helped us out when we needed it, and we should be thanking them for the opportunity to return the favor. And yeah I remember The War to End All Wars [riiight], but IMO helping us get out from under the thumb of George III means they get a two-fer on return favors.
However, a few modern-day Parisians--you know who you are--may kiss my ass.
Great news for Cuban Cohiba cigars and Havana Club rum aficionados in the U.S. Finally, we may be able to legally buy or import these in/to the U.S. The respective Dominican and Puerto Rican imposters suck comparing to Cuban originals.
CIA.. Cuban Immigrant Amnesty
Why is Menendez upset over this? Wouldnt this make it easier for him to sex it up with underage girls?
communists love their communists
keep going barry - the world hates your fucking guts a little more each day
Obama and the U.S. Congress are securing the main goal of the International Bankers (Rothschild to Rockefeller) in their quest “to form a Monopolistic One World Government, a modern Babylon where everybody is ‘united and equal’ (bankrupt slaves).” -- Elijah777
Thus, Obama opens wider the borders to Communists and Socialists and the U.S. Census Bureau cheerfully reports that whites in once free-enterprise America are becoming a minority and that, according to AFP, “In fact, the Latino, Asian, and multiracial populations are all expected to double in size over the next 40 years. Specifically, Latinos are projected to make up 25.1 percent of the US population in 2044, doubling that of African-Americans. “
Gloating white-culture-hater Kenneth Johnson, senior demographer at the University of New Hampshire’s Carsey School of Public Policy, told Al Jazeera America “The pace of U.S. population growth is slowing, and the population continues to become more diverse, This will produce a rich tapestry of demographic change in the U.S. over the next several decades.”
New Hampshire is a state where “ there were nearly 41,000 more working-age natives not working in the first half of 2014 than in 2000 — a 25 percent increase…with 71 percent of its job growth going to foreign-born workers, including legal and illegal immigrants.
Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) both voted for the ‘Gang of Eight’ immigration bill,
http://rt.com/usa/214651-whites-minority-population-america/
Wrong focus. Barry or Bush is not where it's at.
There was one stunningly stupid comment in Obama's speach.
One of the guys involved in the 'prisoner swap' was in jail in Cuba for 'setting up open internet access'.
Obama claimed in his speach, that his new policy would 'allow open internet access' in Cuba.
I wonder if TOTUS was aware of this tiny bit of confusion?
I also wonder HOW Obama plans to IGNORE the law regarding US trade with Cuba. While he can explain how he will direct the treasury to have US banks open up in Cuba, those banks are tied to the Fed and the Fed will not OPENLY break the law.
Laws? Laws? - We don't need no stinking laws!!! /sarc.
Now Obama's homosexuality culture can be imported to Cuba.
But what does Ted Cruz think????
That's one way of minimizing the risk that Russia will put 'missile defense' systems on Cuban territory.
It also potentially opens up Guatanamo as a tourist site, viewable from Cuban territory. All the 'war on terror' torure supporters will just love to go there to see their boys in action. I can smell the profits now.
He wants to prevent another Cuban missile crisis. That means only one thing: WAR.
This, again is part of the Russian deal that has already been decided. Russia turns its head on Cuba and we turn our head on Crimea. There are HUGE profits to be made in Cuba! I can't wait to go!
This, again is part of the Russian deal that has already been decided. Russia turns its head on Cuba and we turn our head on Crimea. There are HUGE profits to be made in Cuba! I can't wait to go!
Russia: forgive debt, Russia, Cuba have good diplomatic relation, US can't overthrow Russia with the currency crisis, can't stand good Cuba-Russia relation, then sneaky USA seduce Cuban regime to avoid Russian stationing troops and military hardware.
USA foreign policy: switching from enemy number one status to the close friend status just for her own interest. Hope Cuban government don't get bewitched, once USA finished and get what she want, she will throw to the abyss you and Cuban people. Never trust USA.
The ONLY reason this is happening is the fear the Putin will turn Cuba into a missile launching platform.
+ 100
Absolutely correct.
The US wants to open an embassy in Havana to keep an eye on the Russian and Chinese missiles and to develop a nest of CIA operatives.
Every waitress and busboy in Cuba knows that.
Look for a lot of Ryan Fogle events.
Did the last mob boss from the 60's just die or something?
Who is going to reimburse the Americans who had their property siezed by the Communists? Or do we just forget that as something from a bygone era?
I live about five minutes from the Candadian border. I can cross to buy cuban cigars whenever I want. That is such a lame desire.
...and Cuban rum is not as good as Guyana 'Demarerra' Rum .....but Canadians have also enjoyed sunning themselves on Cuban beaches.....
Who will reinburse the crooked US corporations and gangsters who had their property seized? Why not sue the heirs of the Batista fortune ....thats where the crooked money went and it makes sense thats where they should seek recompense.
The US has been typically stupid, greedy and small minded about little Cuba .....
The timing of this normalization is not accidental imho. This may be just in case if Russia asked Cuba to 'store' their nuke-tipped cruise and/or ballistic missiles. Now, Cuba may have more to lose than to gain (econmically speaking) if they decided to go for that. Normalization with Venezuela next?
Because it has been decoupled from the US economy and it's monetary system, Cuba has been immune from Wall Street's financial shenanigans which have cost the rest of the planet dearly in hard earned savings. Should Cuba start dealing with the US now, it would be tantamount to having unprotected sex with a crack whore.
see sanctions really work, you exceptional morons. lol
how many people had to pay the price for your idiocy.
need the oil don't you
FU
It's about fucking time.
Has Castro been any more of a war criminal, or any more of a dictator, than virtally every US president since .... well, let's let it rest at every American president.
Is Castro's government more controlled by criminals than the US government? (Think banks, Monsanto, and the Koch bros).
Have Castro's police been any more repressive than America's police? (Answer only if you're Black.)
Was the Cuban shooting down of those two planes worse than the US droning of wedding parties and schools? How many women and children has Castro killed compared with the US over the years. (Think the My Lai we know about and all the nameless villages we've never heard of).
Was the US torturing prisoners in Guantanamo somehow less evil than Castro torturing prisoners in his own jails?
Fuck all political systems and the elites who manipulate them. "War is a racket" and politics are just a con.
What a fucked up little tin tank you are. Last I heard Cuba hadn't killed & Maimed millions & destroyed whole Countries. America has a violent invasive history & is soon to get its cumeuppance. Get your fucking facts straight you wanker.
Bacardi called, they want their rum factory back.
banksters must have learned that the Castro brothers have a secret stash of gold on the island that needs liberating.
Good, it's about time
Sanctions hurt both countries.
So Obama does something good at last.
And f*ck that USAID guy who resigned. USAID is just a CIA front. Which begs the question as to why they can't get an American to run it.
Raoul Castro personally executed Cuban civil officials and employees after Big brother Fidel came to power. So let me see if I have this right; The US Gubmint will track down and deport to Israel 95 year old men for allot less {when they even have the right man}, but will make deals with communist terrorist? This will accomplish three things: 1. The drug traffickers will have it MUCH easier now, 2. Florida will see a wave of Cuban immiGRUNTS that will make the Muriel boat invasion of 1980 look like a boy scout expedition, 3. Breath new life into the Castro regime, which, before today's action, was on it's last leg. ANYONE WHO CAN'T SEE OBAMA FOR WHAT HE IS {a communist}, IS A FOOL.
Putin's recent visit to Cuba and Latin America has got Washington worried...
US has got small country regime change down pat by now...
(latest are Libya, Iraq, Ukraine --no need to list the many dozens more more..particularly in Latin America, it's a piece of cake)...
Fidel is getting too old now to put up decent resistance, so Obama/CIA have figured it is about time to get their foot in the door, "arrange" a regime change, drag in Madelaine Albright and Victoria Nuland and install a puppet government.
Maybe (in footsteps of Fulgencio Batista and Meyer Lansky) Sheldon Adelson can be tapped to set up a casino Empire just like the good old days in Havana
Joe Biden and some of his crony Congressmen might be willing to give Shelly a hand--(if Joe can get a good rec from Kolomoisky)
Agree - pity Cuba is so run down they can't tell USA Govt to go Fuck itself ! ALL the USA GOVT wants is to rape & plunder another Country -this time closer to home.
I'm totally pissed - had Cuba on my MUST visit list - unlike America where I will never travel to as long as my a$$ points to the ground. Shame really - 20 years ago I wanted to go there (USA) - since then never fucking never !
Also a shame that Putin hasn't done a deal with Cuba to station Russian IBMs there - it would have been hilarious to hear the bleating & screaming. OK for Yanks to do it to Russia but not other way around. Ha Ha
Fuck, Cuba was the one nice place left you could go and not find any drunk american college kids
it is regional.... they reside in the shadow of the regional power in the coming reset... the benefit of cigars and beachfront property are secondary. think of canada, u.s., mexico in the coming regional groupings. cuba is a nice addition.