Cuba - USA: For and against ... “In the end, I think opening up Cuba is probably a good idea”

• “Rewarding a dictator?: Obama seeks to normalize Cuba relations” (Fox News), 
• “Can Obama lift Cuba embargo without Congress?” (The Hill), 
• “Cuban-American senators rip Obama’s Cuba trade” (Time), 
• “Ban on Cuban cigars goes up in a puff of smoke” (Fortune), 
• “Obama and Raul Castro thank Pope for breakthrough in U.S.-Cuba relations” (The Guardian), 
• “Obama doesn’t rule out visit to Cuba” (USA Today), 
• “Obama makes deal with Cuba’s fascists” (Daily Caller), 
• “GOP Hill leaders balk at Obama Cuba policy” (Politico), 
• “Obama’s very sly Cuban move” (Mother Jones).

Rand Paul agrees with Obama:

Opening up Cuba is ‘a good idea’

By David Sherfinski 

Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky said the U.S. starting to trade with Cuba is “probably a good idea,” and the embargo against the country “just hasn’t worked.

The comments, made a day after President Obama announced a normalization in relations between the communist country and the United States, stand in stark contrast to the aggressive criticism of Mr. Obama’s move from many Republicans and potential 2016 GOP presidential contenders.


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Obama’s Cuba relations decision

the latest fury-maker

By Jennifer Harper

It’s like clockwork. The White House does something monumental without much notice or protocol, the press goes crazy and the critics bristle with rage. Here we go again, courtesy of President Obama’s sudden decision to put the U.S. and Cuba on speaking terms — negotiating a prisoner release and normalizing relations that have been broken for five decades. This sort of thing seems to be happening every week in the era of the mighty presidential pen and phone. What counts is that the phenomenon continues to gain strength and acceptance. The by-products become part of history, when all is said and done.

“For more than five years, Alan Gross, a humanitarian worker, was wrongly imprisoned by the Castro regime. He should have been unconditionally released a long time ago. Period. Instead, a disturbing pattern is emerging where the Obama administration is willing to negotiate the release of spies or terrorists. I fail to see how this trend will improve the long-term security of the United States and its citizens,” says Rep. Ed Royce, California Republican and chairman of the House Foreign Affairs committee.

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