Posted on 04/11/2015 12:53:58 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
“I’m not interested in having battles that frankly started before I was born,” Obama said. “The Cold War’s been over for a long time.”
Cuban President Raul Castro on Saturday expressed remorse that President Obama had inherited the hostile relationship between Cuba and the U.S. during his time in office.
The Lebanon Daily Star reported that the Communist leader apologized to Obama during the seventh Summit of the Americas in Panama City. He also absolved the president of any role increasing tensions between the two nations during his remarks.
“I apologize to President Obama and the others here,” Castro told an assembly of Latin and North American leaders.
“I apologize to him because President Obama has no responsibility for this,” he continued, citing the standoff between Cuba and the U.S., which has lasted for over half a century.
Castro added his government perceives many past American leaders poorly for their treatment of the island nation. The foreign leader said he did not list Obama among their ranks.
“I have told President Obama that I get very emotional talking about the revolution,” Castro said.
“In my opinion, President Obama is an honest man,” he added.
President Obama declared diplomatic progress between the two nations a “turning point” for the region during his own remarks Saturday. He added that meeting Castro was a “historic occasion” for both countries.
“I’m not interested in having battles that frankly started before I was born,” Obama said. “The Cold War’s been over for a long time.”
Obama and Castro will meet Saturday evening in a monumental encounter. American and Cuban leaders have not had so direct a dialogue in more than 50 years.
The pair displayed their newfound respect for one another by shaking hands at the summit late Friday evening. They also spoke on the phone Wednesday before traveling to Panama.
President Obama will soon decide whether Cuba will remain on the State Department’s list of state sponsors of terrorism. The agency formally requested he remove it from the blacklist on Wednesday evening.
State concluded its official review of Cuba’s status Thursday. It said Cuba has not supported terrorist acts during the last six months or more.
President Obama first announced he would normalize relations with Cuba late last December. His administration detailed eased restrictions on American trade and travel there January 15.
One communist to another.
Another reason he despises Jews.
The Holocaust?
Never heard of it.
this guy is deranged. clinically.
The agency formally requested he remove it from the blacklist on Wednesday evening.
State concluded its official review of Cuba’s status Thursday.
THIS just in!
TWEEDLDEE AND TWEEDLEDUM STILL ON SAME PAGE
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, if Hitler were Black, we would all be speaking German.
Before Obama was born, America was a Free, Prosperous and Powerful Country, no more.
So instead of numbering the years as BC or AD, we should begin again as BB? (Before Barack)
There goes Florida for Ted Cruz next November.
Castro stole the speech idea from recent speeches made by the Ayatollah in Iran.
FUBO
History should be divided into BO, Before Obama and AA, After the A*#hole.
Well if that’s the case, why should he care about what the Christians did during the Crusades, 1,000 years ago? Hypocrite, thy name is obama.
Raul Castro will be in charge long after Obama is just a bad memory
We have a new way to recall history.
Before Obama - BO
After his birth - AB
You beat me to it!
I was working on it.
LOL
Because if Obama didn’t experience it, it didn’t exist. Forward!
Before Obama - BO
After his birth - AB
Yours is kinda ironic, considering the dust up over his newly minted birth certificate.
He doesn’t care what happens to our country after he is gone and his body is corrupted by death.
“After me, the deluge...” Louis XV and BHO I
“Birds of a feather flock together.”
"The [State Department] formally requested [Obama] remove [Cuba] from the blacklist on Wednesday evening."
Amazing coincidence! Haven't seen a flurry of remarkable coincidences like this since Joe Stalin!
America..21st Century Style... What a Country!!
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