Obama Unleashed A Tsunami
U. S. President Barack Obama's historic friendship showered on Cuba and its 83-year-old President Raul Castro has unleashed a torrent of love that is now inundating the island nation. Mindful of America's unmatched military and economic influence, most nations around the world have, since the 1960s, largely succumbed to the U. S. antipathy towards Cuba. Obama has, at least momentarily, changed all that.
This past weekend in Rome, Pope Francis was so demonstrably friendly that Raul Castro told the international media that he is seriously considering reverting back to Catholicism "and start praying."
While in Rome this past weekend, Cuban President Raul Castro was also showered with warmth and friendship by Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. The two leaders had a long chat at the state palace.
Adalberto Roque took this photo Sunday night {May 10th} of French President Francois Hollande arriving at Jose Marti International Airport in Havana. President Hollande will meet with Cuban President Raul Castro today, Monday, and he said he also hopes to meet with Cuba's 88-year-old Fidel Castro.
This Desmond Boylan/AP photo was used today -- Monday, May 11th -- to illustrate an Associated Press article, written by Anne-Marie Garcia at the AP bureau in Havana. The photo shows an influx of tourists trying to "experience Cuba before the Yankees get it back." Today's Anne-Marie Garcia article was entitled: "Diplomats, Business People Flood Cuba Amid Warmer U. S. Ties." Obama opened those flood gates.
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Since the 1960s a long line of U. S. Presidents have recognized that the entire world disapproves of America's Cuban policy, especially the insidious embargo that is considered an imperialist infringement on sovereignty, but President Obama is the only U. S. President out of the last eleven that has had both the guts and the insight to confront the contentious issue that has been solely dictated for decades by a small but ultra-powerful contingent of self-serving Cuban-Americans from the Miami-Union City-Washington axis.
President Obama envisions a non-embargoed, prosperous Cuba.
His visions for Cuba are sane and decent.
His opponents view Cuba as a piggy-bank and punching bag.
For Cuba's sake and America's sake, Obama's visions need to prevail.
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