Posted on 04/12/2015 5:45:15 PM PDT by Din Maker
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on Saturday slammed President Obama’s recent overtures towards Cuba as absurd given the Castro regime’s long-term support of terrorism.
Rubio’s criticisms come as Obama meets Cuban leader Raul Castro in a landmark encounter at the seventh Summit of the Americas in Panama. Rubio, whose parents are Cuban, said the president was letting his guard down on the danger Havana presents to American interests.
“It’s ridiculous,” Rubio argued of the Obama administration’s debate over removing Cuba from its list of state sponsors of terrorism, in an interview with Breitbart.
“It doesn’t make sense,” he added. “I don’t see how they can rationalize taking them off the list, other than the president’s desire to achieve a legacy issue that he’s the one that opened up Cuba and changed fifty years of policy.”
Rubio cited Cuba’s spying and aid of known terrorist groups as proof of Obama’s missteps. The Castro regime’s actions, he charged, displayed clear hostility towards the U.S.
“This is the country that is the third most active espionage force in America today, operating against us, [and also has] military officials who have been indicted in federal court for the murder of U.S. citizens over international waters,” Rubio said.
“They continue to provide shelter and material support for terrorist groups like the FARC in Colombia and others,” the Florida lawmaker added.
President Obama notably shook hands with Castro on Friday in Panama. The two leaders are scheduled to meet Saturday and continue repairing decades of chilly relations between their respective nations.
The State Department on Thursday completed its review of Cuba’s place on its list of state sponsors of terror. President Obama will review their findings and decide whether that status is still justified.
State formally recommended Obama remove Cuba from its list Wednesday evening. Their decision shows the agency believes Cuba has not supported terrorists at any time during the last six months.
Rubio is a likely 2016 GOP presidential candidate. Rumors indicate he may publicly announce his candidacy Monday in Miami.
Israel: Bad
Cuba: Good
Not to another Communist....
As long as Rubio doesn’t get anywhere near immigration policy, I guess he’s fine.
There’s probably a good place for him in a Cruz or Walker administration...
This morning on Fox News a reporter kept referring to Rubio as a Tea Party candidate.
I am a little surprised that Obama could so easily strip JFK of his democrat godhood.
Six months may be truthful, but about 6 years ago I personally saw a "fast boat" drop off about six men on Ohio Key at 2 AM (I was out on amorous adventures) and they were not "refugees" or "wet-backs" but soldiers.
Nice comment RVX!
It’s rather curious that Ted Cruz should have to accept the reintroduction of Cuba into the company of those countries that play nice.
Realize why Ted is not born a Cuban himself, and why he has a burning passion for the freedom of the Republic for which our Flag stands.
Israel: Bad
Cuba: Good
Democracy; Bad
Communism; Good
If Rubio cares for the Cuban exile community, he'll call for the prosecution of the monsters who kidnapped Elian and terrorized his family.
The only reason Soetoro is wanting to be BFFs with Cuba is because they hate America almost as much as he does.
OBAMA TO THE RESCUE OF CUBA’S STALINIST TYRANNY
Birds of a feather flock together….
According to Claire Sterling, the foremost American scholar in terrorism, Castro’s terror network was the cradle of international terrorism. “All the world’s emerging terrorist bands in the 1970s were indebted to the Cubans and their Russian patrons for that honeycomb of training camps around Havana. None could have started without rudimentary training, and those who didn’t train in Cuba were trained by other who did it.” (The Terror Network by Claire Sterling)
Obama’s meteoric political career started in the home of domestic Marxist terrorists, the Ayers/Dorhn founders of the Weatherman underground that terrorized the U.S. during the Vietnam War. Since his early childhood Obama’s life was tied to American haters and radical communists, his rush to rescue the Cuban Stalinist regime is the culmination of his love affair with communist terrorists.
what’s ridiculous is the GOP’s NON action to stop him from violating the law which requires congressional approval I do believe- Calling it ‘ridiculous’ does not a strong leader make! DO SOMETHING about it! DO YOUR JOB for once! “Tsk Tsk” aint cutting it any longer- our country is being torn apart from the inside and all you got is “Tsk Tsk”? Really?
“Rubio cares more for his neocon backers”
I suspect there’s a lot more going on behind the scenes with Rubio and the GOPe than we are seeing yet....
I'm not implying that he's gay. He's just ... a pansy. He is not Presidential material.
You just did.
I understand your sentiments. Trust me, I am disgusted with the spineless GOP majority in both houses; especially the wusses we have in leadership. But, let’s give Sen. Cotton and 46 other Senators credit for the letter to Iran re: any treaty Obozo makes being void after he leaves office. And, Marco Rubio is about the only Senator fighting this “Cuba thing”. What more can he do right now? It is not a violation of the law for an idiot President to talk to other world leaders.
According to Joan Rivers he is gay.
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