Posted on 04/14/2015 1:17:24 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
President Obama officially removed Cuba from the State Department's list of state sponsors of terrorism, the White House announced.
The president submitted a statement to Congress that read, "I hereby certify, with respect to the rescission of the determination of March 1, 1982, regarding Cuba that: (i) the Government of Cuba has not provided any support for international terrorism during the preceding 6-month period; and (ii) the Government of Cuba has provided assurances that it will not support acts of international terrorism in the future."(continued)
(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...
It sure is good we sent all those Republicans to Washington. Man, have they ever been exposed!
Obama’s Pen and Phone Diplomacy aka ‘a Wing & a Prayer.’
Honestly, I don’t think Cuba has been able to support themselves, much less anyone else.
And what did Obama give Castro for this honor? Reparations?
Well yeah. After all, he “don’t need no steenkin’ congress.” He gots a pen and phone.
0loser’s picture with Raul Castro:
easy style, happy victory, historic agreement.
0loser’s pictures with great American ally Isreal:
tension, discord, disrespect, disgust.
Lesson: Oloser wants America’s next generation to
revel in communism and hate successful, hard working
and peace-loving people and nations.
It doesn’t matter how big the lie is anymore, he’ll tell it anyway.
Well, really.. what are they gonna do, drive their 1940’s cars up in here take our phones off the hook?
Maybe unscrew our lightbulbs if they could even identify ‘em?
What have they done aside from kidnapping airline passengers a long time ago?
He forgot to include “by the power vested in me...”
But heck that describes alot of countries today.
The obvious first question is — what is the last act of terrorism that Cuba supported and when? Even if they haven’t done anything bad in the last 6 months what does that prove? Why didn’t Obama say within the last year or three years or five years? The fact he only vouched for 6 months says a lot.
Cuba has long provided safe haven to members of Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA) and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Reports continued to indicate that Cuba’s ties to ETA have become more distant, and that about eight of the two dozen ETA members in Cuba were relocated with the cooperation of the Spanish government. Throughout 2013, the Government of Cuba supported and hosted negotiations between the FARC and the Government of Colombia aimed at brokering a peace agreement between the two. The Government of Cuba has facilitated the travel of FARC representatives to Cuba to participate in these negotiations, in coordination with representatives of the Governments of Colombia, Venezuela, and Norway, as well as the Red Cross.
There was no indication that the Cuban government provided weapons or paramilitary training to terrorist groups.
The Cuban government continued to harbor fugitives wanted in the United States. The Cuban government also provided support such as housing, food ration books, and medical care for these individuals.
http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2013/224826.htm
I bet when he visits Cuba he’ll give back Gitmo and all Commies will Celebrate
The Buffoon says they are no longer terrorists and Lo and Behold it is so. The Buffoon is the creature who declared he would change the tides, if I remember correctly.
With free trade now available we will be able to get cigars, and the Cubans engaging in capitalism may finally shake off the slave chains of communism!
What did the United States get? Other than the finger from a bunch of commie thugs...
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