Cuba announcement

I agree.  I'm trying to figure out why everyone in Havana is happy but everyone in Miami is pissed off.  Do the people in Miami feel like they took a boat ride for nothing now?  What's the problem?

I've read that a vast majority of Cuban American's are for this and that it is really just the old guard, mainly those in Miami, that are against it.  

Is it possible that we have consensus in Political Joe on this one?  Anyone NOT agree with getting rid of the embargo?

I've been to Cuba several times and actually was married there in a beach resort near Holguin.  BUT despite being relatively cheap, you do need to be tolerant as the quality of some of the resorts can be quite low. 

Early this spring we took our kids to the all-inclusive resort we were married at and for the 4 of us (2 adults and a 4 and a 6 year old), it was $2,800 all in.

The beach, the resort itself and the Cuban rum and beer were all fantastic, but the food was, to be blunt, lousy.  

I expect that the quality of the food will improve as the embargo is lifted, but that will also mean higher prices.

My first trip was almost 15 years ago to Manzanillo, which is on the south-eastern coast of Cuba about 100 miles from Guantanamo Bay.  I was talking with one of the waiters at the hotel and asked what he thought about having a US military base on Cuba soil.

He gave me a really strange look and said that "There is no American base in Cuba".  

The government does a really good job of suppressing information, particularly when it comes to the US.

I think its about time as well.  Looks like we are in agreement!

Look forward to visiting the country some day. 

I hope Congress will see fit to lift the embargo, but I suspect that isn't going to happen anytime soon.

I'm outraged...   lol, just kidding.

When I heard the announcement I wasn't really sure what I thought, because I didn't care one way or the other.  However, after digging into the history a little (mostly out of curiosity) I think it's pretty obvious that it's a stupid embargo and served no purpose.

There are corrupt regimes all over the world, so to single out Cuba seems a little weird in my opinion.

So, good job Mr. President for having the Cojones to fix this.

Dude....you are such a disappointment today.

hehe, I'll try harder next time.  

I can't remember where I read it, but somebody spoke of iPhones and the internet as the best weapon against regimes like Castro.  When we isolate them, it allows them to "be isolated" and maintain the control over the people for even longer.
Personally, I look more at the people who still live in Cuba vs. the people who have escaped.  I think it's hard to fathom their lives not being improved with the embargo lifted.

My self-imposed embargo on smoking a cigar now and then will also soon be lifted.

Who are you?

I can't begin to put in words how upset I am about this,,,,,,,,,

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because I'm not. 

I've never understood what good our policy did in the past. It's about time POTUS did something right.