Speaking of Castro, Obama may be using Castro's history from 50 years ago as a guide. Castro began his tenure in Cuba by "reaching out" to the US and coming here on a tour on which he was perceived as "the George Washington of his country." It was only when the mask was removed shortly thereafter that he was revealed unmistakably as a Soviet puppet, which many had suspected beforehand.
Obama now is uttering some platitudes that appeal to middle class American values, but there are already signs that such an appeal is merely a stunt out of the Alinsky playbook, "Rules for Radicals."