Posted on 12/18/2014 12:47:34 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
My cell phone has been going off for hours with messages and angry conversations with fellow Cuban-Americans and conservatives in the U.S.
I hear this question over and over: what did the U.S. get out of this deal?
The answer is nothing, unless you are one of those who believes that the Castro regime is about to reform the economy, allow an independent media, and hold multi-party elections.
I have a unique perspective on this issue. I can address it as a Cuban-American and as a U.S. citizen. In other words, I want the best for those on the island and in my adopted homeland, the U.S.
It's great to see that Alan Gross is finally home. He was incarcerated on bogus espionage charges. I do not understand why we released three Cubans sitting in U.S. prisons for real acts of espionage. It's an insult to the rule of law to put Mr. Gross and these three spies on the same sentence.
As a Cuban-American, I can tell you that normalizing relations will have little impact on the Cuban people. Everything of consequence in Cuba is owned by the Castro family or the military, as Professor Suchlicki pointed out recently:
Money from American tourists would flow into businesses owned by the Castro government thus strengthening state enterprises. The tourist industry is controlled by the military and General Raul Castro.
Tourist dollars would be spent on products, i.e., rum, tobacco, etc., produced by state enterprises, and tourists would stay in hotels owned partially or wholly by the Cuban government.
The principal airline shuffling tourists around the island, Gaviota, is owned and operated by the Cuban military.
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We are all socialists now...
Now the Cubans can count themselves amongst all of the different groups of Americans that obama personally shat on...
Every Cuban who gets here is legal due to our wet foot-dry foot policy. 50,000 will be here here very soon. smuggled on small boats which there are thousands of in Miamai and South Florida. Private fishing boats and the like. Many will be admitted 100% legally. The ones who don't want to wait to be included in legal immigration quotas will get here illegally but will be legal the instant they are on dry US land
80% plus will vote Democrat
The old Cubans vote Republican.... The young ones much less so///// Such as Gloria Stefan who campaigned for Obama. They will vote like her
More Haitians and other Caribbean people will also land here illegally in all the confusion and vote Democrt when they get citizenship.
Bottom line>>>>> The Democrats will get at least 500,000 new voters fairly soon. Within 10 years. Florida will go Democrat. No more governors like Rick Scott.
This is another Obama Amnesty but done in stealth. The immigration implications here are HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just hasn’t been processed yet by conservatives who want to close our open borders
Once upon a time in Hawaii Little Stevie Dunham sat upon Pop’s knee and heard of all the mighty things that Pop would do if he were President of the United States. Little Stevie vowed “If ever I could be President, I’ll do those things!”. Pop smiled and patted Little Stevie on the head. And Little Stevie and Pop returned to admiring each other’s amber stains.
The writer’s method of score-keeping is inaccurate. Obama scored big time with his donors for opening Cuba for their investments. Guaranteed.
Yeah.
I’m just answering Al.
Merry Christmas!
And, if it harms America in some way, that’s considered a “win” for little O.
Time now for the Cuban opposition to show some balls and start demonstrating. This is the opportunity they’ve been waiting for.
What is the government going to do now? Are they going to jeopardize this deal by clamping down on them?
Most definitely — icing on the cake.
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