Posted on 12/17/2014 2:02:16 PM PST by SoConPubbie
Following the return of Alan Gross to the U.S., Sen. Ted Cruz slammed the “Obama, Clinton, Kerry foreign policy,” saying the Castro brothers are “state sponsors of terrorism” and that President Barack Obama “does not understand the difference between our friends and our enemies.”
Cruz, one of three Cuban American members of the upper chamber in Congress, also called the normalization of relations between the two nations “a tragic mistake” made the comments to Fox News’ Neil Cavuto Wednesday afternoon.
TED CRUZ: “This is yet another manifestation of the failures of the Obama, Clinton, Kerry foreign policy. For six years we followed the pattern of alienating and abandoning our friends and allies, and at the same time coddling up to and appeasing to those who are enemies of this country. It’s a consistent pattern. First Russia, then Iran, now Cuba.”
“This announcement today will be remembered as a tragic mistake. You know, Cuba was struggling, it was gasping, gasping for air. It has been relying on Venezuela with oil prices cratering. Venezuela is hurting economically and just like the administration did with Iran right when the administration was feeling the maximum pain it throws them an economic lifeline and continues the brutal repression and dictatorship of the Castro brothers.”
NEIL CAVUTO: “Senator, a lot of folks look at both sides and say what has 60 years of this brought?”
CRUZ: “Well, what it has wrought is limiting the impact and harm of Cuba. There’s a difference between countries that are friends, that are allies, trading partners. in cuba, the Cuban government controls all of the money that comes in. If you bring money the country you have to transfer it to Cuban pesos which enriches and empowers the dictatorship. Cuba is an ally of North Korea. It’s an ally of Iran. It’s an ally of Venezuela. it is an avowed enemy of this country.”
“It was striking the president’s remarks. he talked about the Bay of Pigs invasion but somehow completely omitted the Cuban Missile Crisis. Somehow completely omitted an incredible threat to U.S. national security with nuclear weapons that were almost 90 miles off our shore. It was sad to see both the president and John Kerry essentially blame America first. Blame America for the relation between the United States and Cuba. look, the Castros are the ones who have decided to be brutal, repressive dictators. We should not be taking blame for the fact that we responded to their active acts of war and hostility. They are a leading state sponsor of terrorism and just like President Obama did with Russia, just like President Obama did with Iran he does not understand the difference between our friends and our enemies.”
THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS FAIRLY TALE
Humberto Fontova
Townhall October 27, 2014
http://townhall.com/columnists/humbertofontova/2014/10/27/the-cuban-missile-crisis-fairy-tale-n1910549/page/full
He is being too generous to Obama. It isn’t a mistake.
none of that will happen. this is just window dressing. Obama has a checklist and he’s crossing things off. Cubans will see nothing from this and they will still be treated as prisoners.
Have you seen this?
fyi:
Copies of ‘torture’ report hand delivered to terror suspects, blocked from CIA officials
From link:
...CIA officials were blocked from printing out a copy of the report that attacked their program, paper copies were hand delivered to the terror suspects held at Guantanamo Bay, including top suspect Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and their lawyers.
According to the Los Angeles Times, “The five defendants at the Cuban prison were given copies of the 500-plus page report to review in their cells, getting what is apparently their first comprehensive confirmation of the harsh interrogation techniques they endured at CIA detention facilities before being transferred to Guantanamo.”
Everything he's touched has been reduced to chaos, death, and the worst of human nature dominating. He went to Egypt to inspire the masses. He created the environment where ISIS thrives and goes global. He's set back race relations to worse than they were in the mid-1970s. etc
With Obama in charge, what could possibly go wrong in Cuba? (sarcasm)
” I can see why Obama likes Cuba - so many of the dictators he admires stand with Cuba... “
And before he is done, he will fund them all with our borrowed money.
Do you think the U.S. placing nuclear missiles on Russia’s border in 1961 went unnoticed?
Do you think that Russia placing nuclear missiles on the U.S. border in 1962 is an unreasonable response?
Do you think a secret agreement by both countries to withdraw those missiles was a mistake?
How much other bombastic propaganda from Che Guevara and Castro do you accept at face value?
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