Cuba template for Iran nukes: Overpay then pretend otherwise

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Legal Insurrection: Cuba template for Iran nukes: Overpay then pretend otherwise

Posted by David Gerstman ▪ Thursday, December 18, 2014 at 8:30am

 

The Deal with Cuba: NYTimes vs. WaPo Cage Match

 

Dueling editorials in the leading liberal papers today take vastly different approaches to the Obama administration’s ransoming of Alan Gross from Cuba.

 

On the one hand The New York Times hailed the move (and even featured the editorial translated into Spanish for those Cubans allowed to have internet access):

 

The administration’s decision to restore full diplomatic relations, take steps to remove Cuba from the State Department list of countries that sponsor terrorism and roll back restrictions on travel and trade is a change in direction that has been strongly supported by this page. The Obama administration is ushering in a transformational era for millions of Cubans who have suffered as a result of more than 50 years of hostility between the two nations.

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Cuba template for Iran nukes: Overpay then pretend otherwise

Posted by David Gerstman ▪ Thursday, December 18, 2014 at 8:30am

 

The Deal with Cuba: NYTimes vs. WaPo Cage Match

 

Dueling editorials in the leading liberal papers today take vastly different approaches to the Obama administration’s ransoming of Alan Gross from Cuba.

 

On the one hand The New York Times hailed the move (and even featured the editorial translated into Spanish for those Cubans allowed to have internet access):

 

The administration’s decision to restore full diplomatic relations, take steps to remove Cuba from the State Department list of countries that sponsor terrorism and roll back restrictions on travel and trade is a change in direction that has been strongly supported by this page. The Obama administration is ushering in a transformational era for millions of Cubans who have suffered as a result of more than 50 years of hostility between the two nations.

 

 

@Draggingtree! Thanks for the post. This comment from the link, struck me as valid:

 

 

Archer | December 18, 2014 at 12:39 pm

 

Bingo. This is more of El Presidente usurping power from the Legislative branch. Again. The embargo was placed by an Act of Congress; it takes an Act of Congress to re-examine or remove it. The 0bama Administration has no authority to unilaterally override it on a whim.

 

And even if the State department did draft a treaty with Cuba, it takes a Senate vote to approve it. I heard of no such vote. Therefore, any new “agreement” the U.S. has with Cuba is entirely non-binding.

 

And yes, as Marco Rubio says, all Americans abroad now have prices on their heads and targets on their backs.

[Draggingtree]

 

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Cuba template for Iran nukes: Overpay then pretend otherwise

Posted by David Gerstman ▪ Thursday, December 18, 2014 at 8:30am

 

The Deal with Cuba: NYTimes vs. WaPo Cage Match

 

Dueling editorials in the leading liberal papers today take vastly different approaches to the Obama administration’s ransoming of Alan Gross from Cuba.

 

On the one hand The New York Times hailed the move (and even featured the editorial translated into Spanish for those Cubans allowed to have internet access):

 

The administration’s decision to restore full diplomatic relations, take steps to remove Cuba from the State Department list of countries that sponsor terrorism and roll back restrictions on travel and trade is a change in direction that has been strongly supported by this page. The Obama administration is ushering in a transformational era for millions of Cubans who have suffered as a result of more than 50 years of hostility between the two nations.

 

 

@Draggingtree! Thanks for the post. This comment from the link, struck me as valid:

 

 

Archer | December 18, 2014 at 12:39 pm

 

Bingo. This is more of El Presidente usurping power from the Legislative branch. Again. The embargo was placed by an Act of Congress; it takes an Act of Congress to re-examine or remove it. The 0bama Administration has no authority to unilaterally override it on a whim.

 

And even if the State department did draft a treaty with Cuba, it takes a Senate vote to approve it. I heard of no such vote. Therefore, any new “agreement” the U.S. has with Cuba is entirely non-binding.

 

And yes, as Marco Rubio says, all Americans abroad now have prices on their heads and targets on their backs.

 

well SrWoodchuck thanks for putting that information out