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Sunday, March 8, 2009

Cuba -- not gooding

Today's headline on Drudge is that Obama is going to lift the embargo against Cuba. Strange isn't it? For nearly 50 years, Presidents of both parties have kept in place the policy of embargo against Cuba. The US waited and waited for the day when there would no longer be a totalitarian government under Castro in power in Havana. Now, with the likelihood that the Castro gang will be gone within the term of the present administration, Obama is going to throw in the towel. Nice going! The current policy puts pressure on Cuba to relax its police state and grant some liberty to its people once the Castros are gone. Relaxation of the embargo will clearly strengthen the Cuban government who can crow about their "victory" over the US and reap the economic benefits that will flow to Cuba from its reopening to the US market. In other words, the pressure to relax the Cuban police state will be greatly reduced just at the time when the policy was finally likely to bear fruit.

Have I said lately that the Obama foreign policy group is a bunch of amateurs? The truth is that no one can say that ofter enough. Maybe Obama will send Hilary to Havana with a red button that says "Muerte al imperialismo norteamericano" -- She can announce that it says "Warm welcome back to the family of nations". That would be about par for the course.

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