Posted on 08/12/2015 11:23:25 AM PDT by yoe
The Obama administration doesn't plan to invite Cuban dissidents to Secretary of State John Kerry's historic flag-raising at the U.S. Embassy in Havana on Friday, vividly illustrating how U.S. policy is shifting focus from the island's opposition to its single-party government. Instead, Kerry intends to meet more quietly with prominent activists later in the day, officials said.
The Cuban opposition has occupied the center of U.S. policy toward the island since the nations cut diplomatic relations in 1961. The Cuban government labels its domestic opponents as traitorous U.S. mercenaries. As the two countries have moved to restore relations, Cuba has almost entirely stopped meeting with American politicians who visit dissidents during trips to Havana.
[snip] That presented a quandary for U.S. officials organizing the ceremony to mark the reopening of the embassy on Havana's historic waterfront. Inviting dissidents would risk a boycott by Cuban officials......
[snip] This week, after Cuba briefly rounded up dozens of protesting dissidents, the U.S. didn't suggest such action would delay Kerry's trip or cool relations.
(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.myway.com ...
John Kerry, who served in Viet Nam? Pffft.
Corporal Archie Miller of Portsmouth, Ohio was finally ordered home when he received his 5th Purple Heart in 1945. While actually in battle, under enemy fire, and fighting aggressively unlike John Kerry, Miller was wounded 2 times by sniper fire, 2 times by mortar fire, and was last wounded by a Japanese hand grenade.
His wife said he was too tough to die.
(NY Times 08/03/45)
It is embarrassing to even mention Lurch in the same context as this brave man.
when we get are guy into office I hope we kick them out....
Effin 0.
What a discrace to our country
Wasn’t it Lurch’s treating physician who wrote that he’d seen worse injuries from a rose thorn?
How could they, they’re under the bus!
I hope they show up outside the gates of Cuban hell and scream as loud as they can. I also hope nobody shows up at the later meeting. A vote for Charles Manson would have been better then this boy.
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