Posted on 12/19/2014 4:41:43 PM PST by Starman417
President Obama is being applauded by his pandering members of the left's publicity machine for poking a stick in the eye of the GOP and its likely 2016 Presidential candidates. The economic geniuses at the NYT pretend that there is suddenly a long line-up of American corporations running for their executive jets ardently anxious to unwrap the supposed Christmas present being handed to them and awaiting them in Cuba.
We're excited to sell average Cubans a couple of Chevys? Or perhaps three of four Teslas? How? Cubans are broke. Fifty cars were sold in Cuba during the past 6 months. The Castros and the military hold all the money. The Castro family has been filling its personal bank accounts with plunder since the revolution. At the same time it has used government funds to agitate mobs clamoring for communism in Central and South America, to finance and support existing dictatorships, and to finance terrorism against the United States.
The Castros accumulated so much cash offshore in 50 years that now they'll perhaps spend a few of those hard-earned Dollars, (not the "Cuban Convertible Pesos - CUC," or the lowly "Cuban Pesos - CUP") on a tractor or two, . . . umm, oh hang on, America is already a principal supplier of products to Cuba. So what gives? Easy: Banking and credit. The bankers are looking for direct access to the Castro generals, rather than having to circumnavigate around sanctions through European or Canadian banks. While it is entirely possible that Obama is looking for a pretext to close Guantanamo before he leaves office and turn over the land to Castro, the banks don't much care -- they have their eyes on cash.
Increasing "business" and "financial" ties with these military dictators will make these thugs richer, increase their power, broaden their influence, and accomplish absolutely nothing of substance for the Cuban citizenry. We cannot change their mindsets and their ideologies, and certainly cannot change their relationships to the forceful acquisition of personal wealth.
The apologetic MSM is confused, so it pretends that sanctions did not work and therefore any change will be an improvement. The MSM was as surprised as everyone else to Obama's startling Cuba announcement yesterday. The MSM suggests this may have been a move against Putin's plans to establish a base in Cuba -- of course the fact that Putin and his Russia are now in very serious financial trouble with a rubble crashing worse than the price of oil probably means Putin regrets his recent waving of Cuba's $32 billion debt. Putin has more critical problem than placing a base in Cuba. Are we witnessing a race to see who kisses Castro most effectively?
Obama's teleprompter gibberish spewed more inane idiocies which had nothing to do with his real agenda. The confused international community looking for rationale cannot find any because it doesn't understand who and what Obama is, stimulating the guessing to flow in abundance.
Obama claimed of his Castro deal, "Where we disagree, we will raise those differences directly." Really? When? Why were those differences not raised prior to an agreement? Why was there no qui pro quo? Why NOTHING on freedom, on voting, on elections, on release of confiscated property, etc., etc. The speech was full of embarrassing clichés ensuring that we heard Obama believed in motherhood and apple pie, however, he could not help betray his feelings toward America when he told Castro, "Today I want to be honest with you. . . . let us leave behind the legacy of both colonization and communism . . . " There it is. The single most telling word to waft across the airwaves from his teleprompter, "colonization." He continues to harbor the sentiments which drove his father to become an activist against America. In his mind these are two truths, . . . America spreads colonization, while Cuba is a communist nation. He doesn't grasp that only one of those is almost a fact.
(Excerpt) Read more at floppingaces.net...
The new 92% tax on foreign company employees is a real happy thing for leftists I guess
Thank God he’s not invincible!
That, and empowering our enemies so they can cause us grief in the future.
There is something in CUBA that OBAMA wants and that is ‘Joanne Cheridan aka Assata Shukar...read these couple of paragraphs from her bio on Wikepedia, and think “Michael Brown”....She killed a white cop in NJ, 1973; FBI most wanted and got asylum in Cuba and there are other places it says ‘hands up don’t shoot’.
Quote from Wikepedia
In 1987, she published Assata: An Autobiography, which was written in Cuba. Her autobiography has been cited in relation to critical legal studies[197] and critical race theory.[198] The book does not give a detailed account of the events on the New Jersey Turnpike, except saying that the jury “Convicted a woman with her hands up!”[73] The book was published by Lawrence Hill & Company in the United States and Canada but the copyright is held by Zed Books Ltd. of London due to “Son of Sam” laws, which restrict who can receive profits from a book.[199] In the six months prior to the publications of the book, Evelyn Williams, Shakur’s aunt and attorney, made several trips to Cuba and served as a go-between with Hill.[200]
In 1993, she published a second book, Still Black, Still Strong, with Dhoruba bin Wahad and Mumia Abu-Jamal.[11]
Don’t say that to his worshipers.
Interesting.
There’s nothing about this Mob that should really surprise us.
Od challenge his Devotees to take a look at this and not take a moment to rethink their dedication to this empty shell of a man.
http://i.imgur.com/4Epwq1I.jpg
Obama’s Cuba fiasco is nothing more than his way of giving us,the U.S. population, the finger.
No more,no less.
I have grandchildren who know more about international diplomacy than this idiot.
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he’s not interested in anything but “looking good” ,,and getting back at whitey.
he thinks he’s succeeding,,,,
You’ll have to look under the Ka’aba to find his records and his money.
He is going to pardon her, not extradite her to go to prison, she is going to be a hero to the Michael Brown ‘Hand up Don’t shoot’ revolution against the cops and white people. She killed a white policemen on May 2, 1973, and was convicted, escaped 1979 and got assylm from Castro.
No matter what he says in the end this woman will be free.
Senator Mendendez (D) has been vocal and has been about as good as anyone discussing what is wrong with this treaty.
http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/12/menendez_on_obama_cuba_deal_i_think_it_stinks.html
Just one example.
Here is the lowdown on these “spies”, they were convicted of killing 4 Americans. How can this treaty be any good?
Don’t think anyone posted this. I wonder myself about this, what is going on.
Flopping Aces gets it right. Outstanding analysis. Notice that all of the cuban politburo is dressed in army green.
A commie junta— that needs what all commies constantly need— cash.
And it AINT coming from the US.
And it was their pals in the unions, and JFK that destroyed US Steel. What a proud accomplishment. Obamaumao is a marxist venture socialist gangster. This little exercise proves it. The choom gang has to have cash too.
And I would add Venuzuela. Just a thought.
Ha...he already has specialists on Austrian, Cursive and Ebonics on staff.
As a hedge against the lawful government of the United States finally cracking down on comrade obama for his seditious activities, he’s finally secured Cuba as the sanctuary country he can flee to avoid prosecution. It’s conveniently located, it’s run by people like him, and it’s a lot warmer than Russia or China.
Excellent theory. Quite plausible.
WHY does Obama want Joanne Cheridan?
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