tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post4359885234996408505..comments2024-02-21T05:16:22.788-05:00Comments on Two Weeks Notice: A Latin American Politics Blog: Isolation of Cuba hardlinersGreg Weekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15765114859595124082noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-88324059991011186802010-06-18T22:40:23.055-04:002010-06-18T22:40:23.055-04:00"Automatic US residency, automatic "refu..."Automatic US residency, automatic "refugee" assistance, housing assistance, food stamps, English language and job training, etc."<br /><br />All of the above sounds quiet socialist to me. LOL. How ironic!!!Alfredohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02883045778334241149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-85360282445655041572010-06-18T14:46:41.383-04:002010-06-18T14:46:41.383-04:00I don't think the idiocy (and totalitarianism)...I don't think the idiocy (and totalitarianism) of this travel ban is much in dispute. Still the US Government wavers in the face of a bunch of hardliners in Miami who openly <a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2202183" rel="nofollow">support</a> terrorism.<br /><br />Perhaps more controvertial, yesterday Hillary Clinton <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iRbVYW_dnwGPVlqzYt8CpNRCxUTg" rel="nofollow">opened</a> her mouth about the case of Alan Gross, a subcontractor to the US State Department, who was found to have been delivering communications equipment to groups in Cuba as part of our regime change policy on the island. She had the nerve to say that the detention of Mr Gross (for entering on a false visa and for working clandestinely for a foreign enemy) was harming US-Cuba relations. <br /><br />Perhaps Clinton ought to <a href="http://alongthemalecon.blogspot.com/2010/06/john-mcauliff-us-ought-to-stop-semi.html" rel="nofollow">consider</a> that the Obama Administration's continuation of policy of subversion against Cuba, which involves spending tens of millions of dollars a year and sending secret missions there, is what is really hindering better relations? Just a thought. If the US were to discontinue its programs on the island and officially change its regime change policy, it would do more than anything to enchance relations with Havana. Cuba has said this is priority number one, along with an end to the murderous "wet foot dry foot" policy that recklessly encourages Cubans to embark on voyages to the US, because of the knowledge that if they reach US shores (or the US-Mexico border) they are home free. Automatic US residency, automatic "refugee" assistance, housing assistance, food stamps, English language and job training, etc. No other immigrant in the world is welcomed with such open arms (and taxpayer resources).leftsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00676827005815770066noreply@blogger.com