Posted on 03/03/2015 6:54:08 AM PST by wtd
"From the same president who assures us that global warming is a bigger threat to the world than ISIS, we are told that Cuba's apartheid Castro dictatorship is not a state sponsor of terror.
Colombia Intercepts Shipment of "War Materiel" Headed to Cuba
The Colombian authorities have intercepted a Chinese-flagged ship loaded with "war materiel" headed for Cuba.
It was intercepted near the Port of Cartagena. The cargo includes long-range weapons systems.
According to El Tiempo, the ship did not have appropriate documentation -- indicating that this was a clandestine shipment.
The ship's captain also resisted any inspection.
The Colombian authorities first believed the heavy weaponry was being smuggled to the South American nation, but the final destination was Cuba.
In the summer of 2013, a North Korean vessel was intercepted trying to cross the Panama Canal with over 240 tons of Cuban weapons headed for Pyongyang.
That vessel also did not have proper documentation and the ship's captain resisted inspection.
Cuba was found to be in violation of U.N. sanctions -- the most egregious violation of these sanctions to date.
Yet, Castro's regime got away scot-free -- despite a U.N. Panel of Experts documenting how the Cuban authorities lied and sought to conceal the weapons shipment.
Instead, the Obama Administration rewarded Castro's regime with the normalization of diplomatic relations and eased sanctions for travel and trade with the Cuban military's monopolies.
Obviously, this has failed to temper the behavior of Castro's regime.
Still holding on to Obama's Hope and Change in Cuba? Here's some more reality for you to chew on.
Maybe normalization means that Cuba can act as a waypoint for fomenting revolution in the US instead of Latin America?
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...and our fine Republican ELECTED officials yawn and do nothing...
It’s challenging to shorten these long headlines ...using numbers helped the original fit FR limit. Sigh.
Back around 1960, Canada made rifles for Cuba with the Cuban coat of arms stamped on them. A few months later those SAME rifles were found in stashed in Venezuela with the coat of arms ground off.
As simple application of a chemical that brought out stress marks in the steel was used to show the coat of arms.
Then back in the 1970s and 80s, Cuba had lots of mercenaries fighting in Africa. The dead were brought home in freezers.
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