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On Cuba, Obama Had An Ace, And Played A Deuce
Investors.com ^ | December 18, 2014 | IBD Editorial

Posted on 12/18/2014 3:50:48 PM PST by jazusamo

Diplomacy: As the Castros rejoice at President Obama's move to normalize ties, extend trade credits, take their country off the terror list and free its deadly spies, the queasy question remains: What did the U.S. get in return?

The question is being asked by the more serious leaders in Washington. Marco Rubio for one. "(Obama's) foreign policy is, at a minimum, naive and perhaps truly counterproductive to the future of democracy in the region," said the Florida senator in the wake of the giveaway.

"Barack Obama is the worst negotiator that we've had as president since at least Jimmy Carter, and maybe in the modern history of this country."

"When it comes to foreign policy and national security interests . .. ," added Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, "the president should be focused on exactly that — on protecting national security interests. And this doesn't do that."

Both are right, because the bottom line on normalizing ties with Cuba's military dictatorship is that the White House gave that regime everything it wanted in exchange for nothing in return.

Cuban ruler Raul Castro said as much, standing before Cuba's people in his dictator's uniform to announce that Obama's move was won "without a single sacrifice of our principles."

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Cuba; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Russia; US: California; US: Texas; War on Terror
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Not much of a surprise that the communist/terrorist sympathizer 0bama is trying to pull this off.
1 posted on 12/18/2014 3:50:48 PM PST by jazusamo
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To: jazusamo

The Dunce plays the deuce.


2 posted on 12/18/2014 3:53:26 PM PST by Iron Munro (D.H.S. has the same headcount as the US Marine Corps with twice the budget)
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To: jazusamo

Obama didn’t play a deuce in his world. He threw a lifeline to a communist dictatorship and further weakened the US at the same time. It is another win for Team Obama and a loss for the rest of us.


3 posted on 12/18/2014 3:59:14 PM PST by Truth29
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To: jazusamo

Obama is a slimy deuce.


4 posted on 12/18/2014 3:59:45 PM PST by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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To: jazusamo; Dick Bachert

h/t Dick Bachert

5 posted on 12/18/2014 4:00:11 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing; Dick Bachert

Thank you both, that’s dead on the mark.


6 posted on 12/18/2014 4:02:29 PM PST by jazusamo (0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin)
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To: jazusamo

Obama was playing Old Maid and shouted UNO!


7 posted on 12/18/2014 4:20:24 PM PST by GraceG (Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
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To: jazusamo

Is Rubio and Cruz really that blind? Obama is not a bad negotiator. He’s getting every thing he wants and that is the destruction of this nation.


8 posted on 12/18/2014 4:22:58 PM PST by VerySadAmerican (My love affair with an abuser is over. Support a third party.)
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To: jazusamo

Again, reading the news, I just want to throw up.


9 posted on 12/18/2014 4:23:48 PM PST by Darth Airborne
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To: jazusamo

Did he play a deuce or just drop one?


10 posted on 12/18/2014 4:24:17 PM PST by allblues (God is neither a Republican nor a Democrat but Satan is definitely a Democrat)
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To: Iron Munro
The Dunce plays the deuce.

He played the exact card he wanted..a "Get of of Jail Free" card or more aptly said a "Save his Marxists Friends A$$" card.

11 posted on 12/18/2014 4:24:37 PM PST by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: jazusamo

We will get all their commie agents in return. In 20 years, assuming we are still here, all the Republican Cubans will be bred out of existence, and we will have more democrap slaves to vote and take benefits.


13 posted on 12/18/2014 4:32:15 PM PST by Captainpaintball (Immigration without assimilation is the death of a nation)
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To: Truth29

It the Castros would have allowed free and open access to the media, no restrictions on external publications, freedom of travel and the internet it would have been a good deal. This is what destroyed the old Soviet Block. This was Henry Kissinger’s “Detent.” I thought Kissinger was a fool. I was wrong.

Obama got nothing. In effect he has prolonged and propped up a brutal dictatorship. The real question is why he would do this. I truly believe Obama is a Marxist.

He pisses on our friends and aids our enemies. Occam’s Razor would dictate he is an ally of our enemies nor a patriot of our great nation.


14 posted on 12/18/2014 4:34:31 PM PST by cpdiii (DECKHAND, ROUGHNECK, GEOLOGIST, PILOT, PHARMACIST, LIBERTARIAN The Constitution is worth dying for.)
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To: jazusamo

“...the question remains, ‘what did the US get in return?’”

What we got was another stick for Soetoro to shove into Putin’s eye. Watch for Iran next.


15 posted on 12/18/2014 4:37:27 PM PST by steerpike100
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To: Iron Munro
The Dunce plays the deuce

Some would say he *is* The Deuce ...

16 posted on 12/18/2014 4:43:20 PM PST by mikrofon (A-Hole Card)
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To: mikrofon; Don Corleone

Commies stick together


17 posted on 12/18/2014 5:31:28 PM PST by Iron Munro (D.H.S. has the same headcount as the US Marine Corps with twice the budget)
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To: jazusamo

He’s trying to go nil.


18 posted on 12/18/2014 5:36:30 PM PST by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: jazusamo

I seriously doubt “we” got nothing in return....I would bet large sums of money...some entity got a sweetheart crony deal with Cuba for a large donation to some libtard political organization....

A few months from now, it will be a Friday night news dump...


19 posted on 12/18/2014 5:52:25 PM PST by Popman
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To: Popman

Yep, I don’t doubt that at all.


20 posted on 12/18/2014 6:23:48 PM PST by jazusamo (0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin)
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