Cuba buddy

[Acebb]

Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), the son of Cuban immigrants and a staunch opponent of the Castro regime:

"Let's be clear: This was not a 'humanitarian' act by the Castro regime. It was a swap of convicted spies for an innocent American," Menendez said in a statement.

The outgoing Senate foreign relations committee chairman added: "President Obama's actions have vindicated the brutal behavior of the Cuban government. There is no equivalence between an international aid worker and convicted spies who were found guilty of conspiracy to commit espionage against our nation."

 

[superbeets]

The U.S. sent three Cuban spies imprisoned the U.S. since 1981 back to the island. U.S. officials said the Cuban spies were swapped for a United States intelligence agent who has been in a Cuban prison for nearly 20 years.



Obama called that unnamed spy “one of the most important intelligence agents that the United States ever had in Cuba." He credited the agent with the capture of a network of Cuban spies including the three released Wednesday.

 

[RenoChazz]

About time Obama did something good in foreign policy. Look forward to the free flow of Cuban Baseball players and Cuban boxers. About F'n Time.

+1

 

[Dafinch]

 

[SheriffJoe]

OBAMA’S MOVE TO STRENGTHEN CUBA WILL ALSO HELP RUSSIA, IRAN, NORTH KOREA AND VENEZUELA

President Obama has chosen an odd time to begin a diplomatic and economic relationship with Cuba that undoubtedly will strengthen Cuba’s economy and thereby, in all probability, prolong the rule of the Castro brothers and make it more likely that they will be succeeded by another generation of Communist tyrants. In recent years, Cuba has aligned itself militarily with an international rogues’ gallery: Venezuela, of course, but also Russia, Iran and North Korea.

As we noted here, Havana hosted a Russian intelligence ship earlier this year. The Russians made no secret of the use they want to make of their long-time ally:

The Defense Ministry plans to expand its military presence to several key regions outside Russia in an effort to increase its long-range bomber coverage. …
“We need bases for refueling [our aircraft] near the equator, and in other places,” Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said….
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Then there is North Korea. As Marco Rubio wrote, exclusively for Power Line, Cuba has repeatedly engaged in internationally prohibited arms transactions with North Korea.

Cuba has a cooperative military relationship with Iran, too, as explained here.

And, of course, Venezuela’s catastrophically socialist regime has been Cuba’s main ally since the Soviet Union imploded.

So, by propping up Castro’s regime in Cuba, Obama can indirectly benefit all of America’s major adversaries, providing them with a more economically robust trading partner, a better source of illicit arms, and, most important, naval bases and intelligence outposts just miles from our shores. I think it is fair to say that for all past American presidents, even the Democrats, the prospect of aiding such bitter enemies of the United States would have rendered propping up Castro’s regime unthinkable. For Obama, the fact that he can strengthen North Korea, Iran, Venezuela and Russia along with Cuba may be a feature rather than a bug.

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2014/12/obamas-move-to-strengthen-cuba-will-also-help-russia-iran-north-korea-and-venezuela.php

 

[SheriffJoe]

Leave it to this "citizen of the world" phony 'president' to take a basket case enemy relatively impotent the last 50 years and STRENGTHEN THEM!

Where the fuck is Sen. Joe McCarthy when we need him????

 

[JudgeWapner]

Should have been done years ago.

 

[carlspackler]

 

[wabashwonders]

An interesting article about the "Cuban Five" from our local paper I thought I'd share. One of the five served time at the Federal prison here in Terre Haute for a few years before being transferred to an Arizona prison. The article is about how his family was helped by locals here when they came to Terre Haute to visit him.

http://m.tribstar.com/news/local_ne...f62-ecfa-57e1-b7de-d2b04a485a17.html?mode=jqm

 

[mplastered]

+1

+2 way over due.