Geee Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Brietbart: President Obama has announced the reopening of the American Embassy in Havana this morning, following rumors that the United States had agreed to reestablish diplomatic relations with the communist dictatorship this month as part of the White House’s “normalization” program to reintegrate the Cuban regime into polite international society. While President Obama described the embassy as “not merely symbolic” and a move representing the liberation of the American people from “the past” in a speech this morning, the Cuban government issued a statement refusing to reestablish full diplomatic relations with the United States until America gifted the territory of Guantánamo Bay to Cuba and ceased broadcasting radio and television news reports into the island, which constitute the only way many Cubans have of receiving trustworthy international news. “When the United States shuttered our embassy in 1961, I don’t think anybody expected it would be half a century before it reopened,” President Obama noted, arguing that “sometimes we allow ourselves to be trapped by a certain way of doing things.” “We don’t have to be imprisoned by the past,” he continued, announcing that Secretary of State John Kerry would travel to Havana on July 20 to attend the hoisting of the American flag over the new embassy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geee Posted July 1, 2015 Author Share Posted July 1, 2015 Ah, another Obama diplomatic success Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 5 Questions Obama Must Answer About the Potential US Embassy in Cuba Ana Quintana July 01, 2015 On Wednesday, President Obama announced that the U.S. and Cuba have reached an agreement on reestablishing diplomatic relations. As part of his normalization bid with the Castro regime, the president has granted the dictatorship another in a series of dangerous concessions. But after Obama’s statement today, there are many questions that have yet to be answered. Throughout the past 18 months of clandestine negotiations and 6 months of semi-public talks, the Cuban negotiators have consistently raised many obstacles to the president’s much wanted embassy. Cuban officials made it clear that the regime will not change its political or economic system, despite the Obama administration’s many overtures. The regime also demanded an end to the embargo and removal of Cuba from the U.S. list of State Sponsors of Terrorism before restoration of diplomatic relations. Later in January at a summit of Latin American countries, Cuban leader Raul Castro reiterated these points, conditioning further openings with the U.S. on the lifting of the U.S. embargo, the return of Guantánamo Bay naval base, and compensation for “human and economic damage” incurred as a result of the U.S. embargo. So far, Obamahas given Havana three convicted spies accused of killing Americans, drastically eased sanctions, lobbied Congress to lift the embargo and removed Cuba from the State Sponsor of Terrorism list. In light of that, the Obama administration must answer these questions: (Snip) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Ah, another Obama diplomatic success Is there any enemies he hasn't sucked up to or tried to suck up to, and any friends he hasn't dissed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geee Posted July 1, 2015 Author Share Posted July 1, 2015 Ah, another Obama diplomatic success Is there any enemies he hasn't sucked up to or tried to suck up to, and any friends he hasn't dissed? IDK - I think he's treated Mexico pretty well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Ah, another Obama diplomatic success Is there any enemies he hasn't sucked up to or tried to suck up to, and any friends he hasn't dissed? IDK - I think he's treated Mexico pretty well Thank you Donald Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearvision Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 I wonder how many decades it will take to clean up the messes this admistration is making. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 I wonder how many decades it will take to clean up the messes this admistration is making. All I can say is....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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