Communists Happy About the Obama/Castro Handshake

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The Communist Party USA is very happy about the Barack Obama/Raul Castro handshake at he funeral of a third communist leader Nelson Mandela.

The communists see this as a symbolic event on the way to a long term revolutionary goal – the “normalization” of US-Cuba relations.

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From the People’s World:

A handshake that shook the world

In the spirit of Nelson Mandela, President Obama stopped and shook the hand of Cuban President Raul Castro at the memorial to Mandela in South Africa.

Instantly and predictably, the U.S. far-right Republicans and their mouthpieces went crazy. Now, nobody in their right mind could argue with following the example Mandela set of talking, negotiating and finally reconciling with one’s enemies, especially when history has moved to a new stage. But nobody said the tea party types are in their right mind.

More important, the idea that Cuba is the “enemy” of the United States is a relic of the last century’s Cold War and needs to be finally thrown on the ash heap of history. Not just the idea, but also the numerous anti-Cuba policies, starting with the U.S. embargo and travel ban. History has indeed moved to a new stage and it is time for our policy to reflect that. It is heartening to see the Obama administration ease the most extreme Bush-era sanctions against our neighbor. Much more needs to be done.

U.S. anti-Cuba policies have hurt our own economy and isolated our country from the rest of the world, in particular the countries of North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. The United States stands out like a sore thumb, the only country in the hemisphere that does not have normal relations with the socialist island 90 miles from Florida’s shores.

It was a handshake that shook the world, fittingly done at Mandela’s memorial. Yes, Mr. President, let us all honor Mandela’s legacy – a man whom you rightfully described as understanding “the ties that bind the human spirit” – and finally establish neighborly ties to Cuba.

Normalization of US-Cuba relations would be another nail in America’s coffin. Akin to the Trojans opening their gates to their “tribute” from the “departing” Greek armies.

Symbolism is very important to communists. We should not ignore this handshake.

Comments

  1. There seems to be more behind what’s going on anyway. Moreover, why NSA asking Snowden get back by giving all their classified PDFs?

  2. President Obama shakes the hand of a ruthless dictator Raul and he almost bowed . Our pitifully weak president could have confronted and demanded that Alan Gross, former USAID contractor and U.S. citizen currently rotting in a Cuban prison be let free, and called for release of more than 70 political prisoners Raul still has incarcerated; and denounced Cuba’s violation of U.N. Security Council sanctions by providing North Korea with a weapons cache this past summer. Elections do have consequences.

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