The shameless cavorting of the clue-allergic President Obama and his fashion-floozy wife through the richly merited rain puddles of Havana yesterday would be known in the food universe as just desserts.
Payback for the silly president’s silly decision 16 months ago to reestablish relations with Cuba, one of the worst garbage heaps on the planet.
His thoughtless decision to recognize the world’s ugliest non-Muslim governments, Fidel and his bro, Me-Too, would rank as one of the least thoughtful verdicts in modern presidential time – if it were not for the embarrassing first 7½ years of the gloomiest administration since Woody Wilson’s corpse-like second term.
It is of no consequence to the lightweight narcissist in the White House that in January, 1,414 dissidents were imprisoned, the second largest number on record. Yesterday, 50 more were knocked off. But hey, playboy Buford is off to new adventures, as soon as an aide whispers into his cauliflower ear the definition of dissident.
Just as in the funereal, Obama-accelerated mess that is Iran, Buford Obama’s toy-level foreign policy in the Caribbean has changed the planet for the better – if you think like a Muslim terrorist.
Since he was elected 7½ years ago, class-starved Mr. Obama consistently has displayed a child-like mind, a simplistic, juvenile understanding of the world. Why do you think he so frequently voted “present” throughout his anti-illustrious career in the U.S. Senate? An average 10-year-old would have acquitted himself more honorably, more sophisticated than the angry president.
Instead of attending the funeral of Nancy Reagan the other day, Buford toddled off to a film festival. Even an embarrassment needs his distractions.
Your characterization of Mr. Obama is as infantile as it is churlish. For 50 years our failed policies towards Cuba have yielded only greater entrenchment. It is for this reason that one of your personal heroes – Mr. Nixon – championed engagement with communist China. He realized that engagement would open doors and create opportunity. He was right. Even today, however, more than 30 years after heady days of ping pong diplomacy, most historians hail this as a great international achievement, despite the fact that China remains one of the most oppressive nations on earth.
With the pull-back of Venezuela following the death of Chavez, the U.S. had an opening, and Mr. Obama wisely seized it. Unlike China where the prospects of human rights and democratic reforms still remain remote, engagement in Cuba will likely lead to change especially after the passing of the brothers Castro. It’s time for Cuba to become full partner in the Americas rather than an outlaw state. Doing so, not only will bring economic opportunities to both nations, but will add to the heft and credibility of our relations throughout the hemisphere, especially in Central and South America. It is it the perfect deal … no. But in the world of international diplomacy, there rarely is.