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Obama's New Cuba Policy: Eating With Raul
Investors.com ^ | December 19, 2014 | IBD Editorial

Posted on 12/19/2014 5:18:34 PM PST by jazusamo

Diplomacy: The White House says Cuba's Raul Castro may soon visit. If he does, it'll be an ugly blot on President Obama's record. Since when does the U.S. welcome brutal military dictators into the people's house?

Speaking to flabbergasted reporters, President Obama's spokesman Josh Earnest said Thursday that the White House "wouldn't rule out a visit from President Castro," just after explaining that Obama wanted to travel to Cuba.

That would be the diplomatic trade-off for an administration visit to the island, which would undoubtedly be a repeat of Obama pop-star pal Beyonce's pleasure trip last year in a miasma of 1950s Chevys, Daiquiris and Buena Vista Social Club sounds.

We've seen it all before — the left's romanticization of Castro's communist regime as vacation playland. But sorry, it's too high a price. The hard, ugly fact remains that Cuba remains one of the world's most repressive totalitarian dictatorships.

Regularly ranked at the bottom in democratic freedom and human rights surveys, more than 10% of the population has fled the island, while another 10% has literally been murdered by a regime whose military Raul Castro has led since 1959. In some cases, Raul himself personally fired the shots that killed.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Cuba; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: castro; communists; cuba; murderers; obama; raulcastro; terrorists
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To: Paladin2

Yep, he sides with them and ticks our allies off before he holds a presser and sweet talks Americans with BS before he flies off on a 17 day vacation in Hawaii. Commie-in-Chief.


21 posted on 12/19/2014 6:17:06 PM PST by jazusamo (0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin)
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To: jazusamo

It’s getting to the point that Bammy needs to be restricted to the White Hut on a diet of Arugula...


22 posted on 12/19/2014 6:20:53 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: jazusamo

Yep, he sides with them and ticks our allies off before he holds a presser and sweet talks Americans with BS before he flies off on a 17 day vacation in Hawaii. Commie-in-Chief.<<<<<<<<<<

Yes, but I’m thinking of 17 glorious days without seeing/hearing his mug or mouth on TV (one can only hope)!


23 posted on 12/19/2014 7:08:54 PM PST by Mjaye (Obama's chickens have come home to roost.)
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To: jazusamo

Maybe all his fundraising is to buy land in Cuba for post Castro.


24 posted on 12/19/2014 7:30:01 PM PST by CincyRichieRich (In Times of Universal Deceit, Telling the Truth Becomes a Revolutionary Act.)
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To: Mjaye

There’s much to said for that!


25 posted on 12/19/2014 7:46:02 PM PST by jazusamo (0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin)
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To: Paladin2

March, 2013:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3000555/posts


26 posted on 12/19/2014 8:09:17 PM PST by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: exit82

Thanx. RIP...


27 posted on 12/19/2014 8:18:13 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: jazusamo

I’d hate to see him get offed while golfing with Mr. Castro.


28 posted on 12/20/2014 9:08:13 AM PST by SaraJohnson
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