All That Glitters Is Not Gold!

It is not gold!  It may be the sun's reflection off a dog taking a leak, or in this case, it is more likely to be the reflection of  the dog's fresh laid excrement.  To compare it to the fall of the Berlin Wall as posted in the Reuters story below however, is an insult!

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Twenty-five years after the fall of the Berlin Wall reunited Europe, the European Union hailed a "historic turning point" in the Caribbean with the renewal of diplomatic relations between Cuba and the United States.

"Today another Wall has started to fall," EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said in a statement. "These moves represent a victory of dialogue over confrontation."

 I said yesterday when the news was released, that I would probably support this move under a president with a track record of honesty and integrity, but nothing Obama has done, was for the benefit of anyone except terrorists, enemies or Obama himself.  This move I feared, was no exception - and I was right.

It turns out, that under this agreement, our tiny communist neighbor will potentially benefit from the new U.S. relations, in many ways, mostly economic.  Unlike the people of East Berlin however, these benefits will probably not flow to the Cuban citizens and will definitely not offer any benefit to our nation.  Under the terms of the "deal", Obama has committed the U.S., to give much while Cuba is not required to do anything in exchange.

In communist Cuba, the wealth of the nation does not filter down to it's citizens to any significant degree.  Cuba's wealth is accessible to the highly privileged, not unlike other communist nations.  The difference between Cuba and China for example, begins with industry.  In China, the global demand for their inexpensive - well everything, has forced China to get the buy-in of a greater number of it's citizens.  That is, because they cannot kill all of their detractors without negatively impacting their labor force, they have been forced to allow the citizenry to earn more money and enjoy a bit more freedom - all relatively, of course.  In a country with virtually no high demand industry, (except cigars), the Cuban citizens are not likely to see the same result.  The Castro family will have nicer things though.  

Also as part of this deal, Obama released three Cuban prisoners.  Now, these men were not imprisoned for selling cigars on the streets of Miami, but for killing American citizens.  At least one has been serving a life sentence and with less than 20 years served, will now be freed.  Sadly, the victim's families were not told of this move by our president.  Even the families of crimes committed by American's are warned before those who committed the crimes are eligible for, or granted parole.  To these families living in Florida, Merry Christmas, from the president. I guess your relatives died for nothing!

So what's the problem with working toward normalized relations with Cuba?  Well, aside from the added cost to our economy and the careless release of prisoners, let's look at other things we can worry about...

The Russians have been flying sorties off the Gulf of Mexico.  Now by opening relations with Cuba, we will no longer be on high alert when planes originating in Cuba, are heading toward the coast of Florida or Georgia or the Carolina's, or...  

If this is not enough, you may recall a law signed by, I believe it was Bush, but I may be wrong.  This bill granted citizenship to any Cuban citizen who reached our shores.  While most Cuban citizens may never earn enough money to fly to the United States, their families already living in Florida, can certainly afford to pay their way.

Lastly, many Cuban-American's are against this move by Obama, calling it treason (where have I heard this before?), because they know the deal was not going to help their families in Cuba, but will strengthen the power of the Castro clan, as this is perceived as American weakness (where have I heard this before?).

Once again, Obama has made a dangerous and careless move, but also very likely, a deliberate move.  While many in our nation may think this is a humanitarian move, an act of brilliance, it is not.  This is a calculated move with a nefarious agenda.  There is yet to be another shoe to drop in our nation, this time it may be the incarnate of Nikita Khrushchev in the body of Barack Hussein Obama.  Beware afraid, be very afraid!