Posted on 12/18/2014 5:16:57 AM PST by LeoMcNeil
The Undocumented Moslem was much more flexible
after he LOST the election (and decided like
Feinstein that America must pay for the insult).
Ronald Reagan showed us that the way to bring down a communist dictatorship was to trade with them thus exposing the people to our way of life causing them to create their own regime change the same thing should work very well in Cuba picture the successful Cubans in South Florida and elsewhere flying “home” to visit relatives and telling them of life in the US. The Castro’s own cronies will turn on them. The same concept is working albeit very slowly with China they now have a “middle class” with something to lose. Too bad DC keeps wanting to turn our country in the wrong direction.
I disagree! He has always sided with Communists and dictators. He is doing everything he can to destroy this nation and must be impeached before it is too late.
I would be in favor of lifting the embargo for several reasons, the most important of which is that it has not worked. The rest of the world trades with Cuba.
also, we could then end this game that cigar smokers play of having cigars shipped from Bermuda or Canada in plain brown packages.
Under any other President, I might be assured that other strategies might be employed to bring down the Castros and liberate the Cuban people, and remove this canker from the Western Hemisphere. But with this President, who agrees with the Castros’ professed ideology, I can’t be sure.
you are absolutely correct and I’ll add that once relations are normalized, you’ll see a flood of undocumented illegals - this is nothing more than opening an additional Mexican front/border
Prior to that...
If one was concerned about Obama's amnesty/open borders/refusal to deport violent & repeat offender illegals, imagine how his efforts with Cuba/Iran are going to pay violent dividends here in the US under this new 'normalization' invasion effort.
With an anticipated welcome wagon for fully indoctrinated/seasoned henchmen infused with indignant Marxism/Muhammedism will likely stir this multicultural/polarized social construct prior to the 2016 election cycle.
I hope this backfires BIG TIME on Obozo and his fellow Marxist travelers. I pray for freedom for Cubans.......but not seeing how these changes can help them.
“O” is an idiot with the attention span of a cocker spaniel.
ALL he wants to do is grab headlines... let the chips fall where they may.
He has NO grasp of ANYTHING beyond the superficial.
President Clowar-Piven’s only goal is to overwhelm the system, so disasters are actually triumphs.
You have to understand that for the US to come out ahead in presidential level negotiations, the President must have the best interests of the US in mind. Obama does not. Remember that and everything else makes sense.
I changed it to "bush disaster" and got 83.8 million hits (which would presumably include hits on G.H.W.B. as well).
Interesting...
As an enemy islamist he’s doing a thorough job on all of us.
Is there any guarantee that the Castro regime will allow common citizens to benefit from foreign trade? If they already trade with Canada, France, England etc then why isn’t the country in better shape and its people more free? What is the magic elixir of U.S. goods and services that is going to magically change the situation?
I read once that virtually all the money from resorts open to foreigners goes into the hands of the elites. I’m wondering if Castro’s thugs will allow their people any relief from the worker’s paradise?
Seriously? Examples?
Blue jeans and Coke brought down the Soviet Union.
Cuban cigars are over-rated because of their forbidden nature. I smoked a couple in Montreal and know a guy in Houston that smuggles them in. His aren’t exceptional either.
When I moved to Houston in the late 60s, Coors beer had the same mystique. It was only made in Golden, wasn’t pasteurized and had to be refrigerated from brewery to retailer. Their marketing area was quite small. Whenever I traveled from Houston to western Kansas, several people would plead for me to bring back Coors.
I’m by no means a cigar aficionado, however, I have enjoyed Montecristo #2’s when I was out of the US. I agree that they are not substantially better than cigars made elsewhere, and in come cases, worse because they were often rolled too tightly.
the tobacco is appreciably better because of the soil, and what might happen when the embargo is over is that Cuban tobacco will be used in cigars made elsewhere.
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