MORE APPEASEMENT – AT 10:58 A.M. ET:  President Obama continues his rush to "normalize" relations with Cuba, music to the ears of the Marxist left, but the people of Cuba are still held in a prison.  From the Latin American Herald Tribune:   

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama said on Thursday that the economic embargo imposed by the United States on Cuba in 1962 is “the legacy of a failed policy,” once again urging Congress to lift it on the first anniversary of the launching of a process of rapprochement and bilateral normalization of relations.

In a statement issued on the anniversary of the policy shift, Obama also reiterated that “change” in Cuba will not occur “overnight” and that full normalization of relations “will be a long journey.”

Obama emphasized the “important steps” that have been taken over the past year to normalize relations, including reestablishing diplomatic ties with the opening of embassies in Washington and Havana, facilitating more travel and trade with Cuba and “connecting more Americans and Cubans.”

In addition, thanks to the change in U.S. policy toward Cuba, Washington is “in a stronger position” to engage “the people and governments of our hemisphere,” Obama said.

That's nice, but we could have demanded more for the Cuban people in the face of their dictatorial government.  We did not.

“We continue to have differences with the Cuban government, but we raise those issues directly, and we will always stand for human rights and the universal values that we support around the globe,” the president added.

What values could that possibly be?  This man has done nothing to advance human rights.

On Dec. 17, 2014, Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro announced the start of an historic process to normalize bilateral relations after more than half a century of enmity.

Today, the two governments announced that they had reached an agreement to resume direct commercial flights between the two countries, and last week they said they had agreed to reestablish direct postal service via a pilot plan for transporting mail and packages.

COMMENT:  It's still the Castro regime.  The kind of people around Obama have no real problems with that regime, just as they are untroubled by Iran.  Most Americans think otherwise.

December 20, 2015