***BREAKING NEWS***
Obama State Department makes SHOCKING discovery
In a revelation that is sure to send shock waves through the halls of the Obama State Department, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has unearthed a shocking discovery in regards to Cuba's totalitarian government. According to Secretary Clinton, the Cuban regime's refusal to entertain the Obama administration's overtures to improve relations reveals that the Castro dictatorship is "an intransigent, entrenched regime," with no interest in political reform.
This determination by the Secretary of State, which apparently is new information to them, will most certainly help the Obama State Department reevaluate Cuba/US relations. In the past, Obama and his State Department have struggled to create a cohesive Cuba policy, which no doubt was exacerbated by the fact that they had very little information other than the five decades of murder, oppression, and gross violations of human rights perpetrated by the Cuban regime. Certainly not enough information for a person or organization to come up with a reasonable assessment of the Castro dictatorship.
Secretary Clinton wasted no time in using this new and astonishing piece of information to help the Obama State Department begin unraveling the puzzle of dealing Cuba's communist dictatorship--a mystery which has vexed the president since his college days. Armed with this new piece of information, Secretary Clinton was able to make another discovery--which to some may be just as shocking--that the Cuban dictatorship does not want the US embargo against Cuba lifted.
"It is my personal belief," Secretary Clinton said, "that the Castros do not want to see an end to the embargo and do not want to see normalization with the United States, because they would lose all of their excuses for what hasn't happened in Cuba in the last 50 years."
Notwithstanding the Secretary's shocking discovery, this conclusion regarding the Cuban regime's opposition to the lifting of the US embargo may end up creating a bigger mystery than the one it purports to solve. Cuba currently trades with practically every other evil, imperialist, and murderous capitalist country in the world. Nevertheless, it has never ceased blaming them--as it does with the US--for all their ineptness and troubles while collecting billions of dollars in revenue from them.
While the Secretary's shocking discovery may help Obama and his administration better understand our communist dictator neighbor to the south, one mystery still remains unsolved: the total and complete lack of evidence that trade and the interaction with the millions of tourists from democratic societies has had any effect whatsoever in bringing about positive changes in Cuba. In fact, this mystery is made all the more challenging by the overwhelming evidence that trade and interaction with the Cuba has actually strengthened the Castro regime and increased their personal fortunes exponentially.
How President Obama and Secretary Clinton will be able to leverage this new discovery to help bring about freedom for the Cuban people still remains to be seen. One thing for certain, however, is that today they know a little more about the Castro regime than they did yesterday.
The hypocrisy pile grows ever larger. Smoke and mirrors, as legislation lifting trade sanctions makes its way through the house.
LMAOOOOO!
Brilliant. But remember, these are the enlightened ones; they know better, and they are different from others who have come before them.
C.S. Lewis called this "chronological snobbery"; the believe that one generation is more enlightened than those that came before. I LOVE IT when sophists get slapped in the face with reality.
sorry... "they believe..."
sigh... "the belief"... never drink beer while posting.
Is this the same Secretary of State who gave a plastic toy to the Russian Foreign Minister in misspelled Russian?
How is that reset working for ya?
Isn't this the same admin that blamed the previous one for doing nothing with Cuba?
Now they say there is nothing they can do?
LOL
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Do not under estimate Hillary. IMO not only does she know exactly what is going on in regards to Cuba, she is a castroite and is in the fix, orchestrating with Havana. Unless the November elections or something before that halts the momentum, the trade embargo will be history by the end of the year, in spite of "concerns" expressed about the human rights issue in Cuba. While the administration is making nice with certain members of the exile community, the knife is held firmly in wait.
[...] ***BREAKING NEWS*** Obama State Department makes SHOCKING discovery (Hispanic News) n a revelation that is sure to send shock waves through the halls of the Obama State Department, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has unearthed a shocking discovery in regards to Cuba’s totalitarian government. According to Secretary Clinton, the Cuban regime’s refusal to entertain the Obama administration’s overtures to improve relations reveals that the Castro dictatorship is “an intransigent, entrenched regime,” with no interest in political reform. This determination by the Secretary of State, which apparently is new information to them, will most certainly help the Obama State Department reevaluate Cuba/US relations. In the past, Obama and his State Department have struggled to create a cohesive Cuba policy, which no doubt was exacerbated by the fact that they had very little information other than the five decades of murder, oppression, and gross violations of human rights perpetrated by the Cuban regime. Certainly not enough information for a person or organization to come up with a reasonable assessment of the Castro dictatorship. JUST read… [...]
I've always wondered why (depending on the desired tone of the article) the US embargo is the cause of Cuba's problems, and at the same time, on another page, the US embargo is having no effect since Europe, Canada, and pretty much everyone else doesn't join in, so the tourist industry is doing OK. I'm not sure, since the rest of the world loves Cuba so much, they don't have wider trade and improved conditions for their people.
"You're digging a hole."
"OOOOooh! Nothin' gets by you, does it?"