Posted on 07/01/2015 7:56:20 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Republican presidential candidate and Texas Senator Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) denounced the US opening an embassy in Cuba wondering How sad is it that under the Obama administration the United States is going to have an embassy in Havana before we have an embassy in Jerusalem? on Wednesdays Hugh Hewitt Show.
Cruz said, I think this is a serious mistake. Its a manifestation of the pattern of weakness and appeasement towards our enemies that has characterized the Obama-Clinton foreign policy. Its the same pattern that occurred that is occurring with regard to Russia, with regard to Iran, and its a very dangerous pattern. How sad is it that under the Obama administration the United States is going to have an embassy in Havana before we have an embassy in Jerusalem, that this administration will be friendlier to a Communist dictator who hates America and seeks to undermine our nation, than it is willing to stand with our close friend and ally, the nation of Israel? I think its wrong.
Cruz continued, The very first truth-teller featured in the book is a gentleman named Guillermo Farinas. He was a Cuban dissident. He used to be a member of Castros army. He was a Communist. In fact, his nickname was El Coco. And he describes how he went to the Soviet Union and somehow got his hand on a copy of George Orwells Animal Farm. And it touched him powerfully, and he became a dissident....
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