so mi haffi bun out obama again

[jah_yout]

candidate obama: the cuban embargo has to be re-though

president obama: the cuban embargo is necessary



fire under weakheart

[RichD]

Re: so mi haffi bun out obama again

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jah_yout</div><div class="ubbcode-body">candidate obama: the cuban embargo has to be re-though

president obama: the cuban embargo is necessary



fire under weakheart </div></div>

when did he say that?

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/01/31/strait_talk

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">When U.S. President Barack Obama announced his decision this month to ease restrictions on Americans traveling and sending money to Cuba, he did it late on a Friday afternoon before a long holiday weekend -- a old trick from the White House playbook, used by presidents hoping to make controversial policy changes with as little uproar as possible from the U.S. Congress and the media. But Obama shouldn't have been so quiet about the move -- it is the best Cuba policy decision the United States has made in years.</div></div>

[Gen]

Re: so mi haffi bun out obama again

yeah the last i heard about it was what rich quoted above

[kia027]

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[Wendy]

Re: so mi haffi bun out obama again

**slide ova Kia**


<span style="font-size: 8pt">Mi neva hear im seh dat nieda </span>

[jah_yout]

Re: so mi haffi bun out obama again

<span style="font-size: 11pt">50 Years After Kennedy’s Ban, Embargo on Cuba Remains</span>By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: February 7, 2012

HAVANA (AP) — <span style="font-weight: bold">The world is much changed since the early days of 1962, but one thing has remained constant: The United States’ economic embargo on Cuba, a near-total trade ban that turned 50 on Tuesday. </span>Connect With Us on Twitter

<span style="font-weight: bold">Supporters say it is a justified measure against a repressive Communist government that has never stopped being a thorn in Washington’s side. Critics call it a failed policy that has hurt ordinary Cubans instead of the government. </span>All acknowledge that it has not accomplished its core mission of toppling Fidel Castro or his brother and successor, Raúl.

“<span style="font-weight: bold">All this time has gone by, and yet we keep it in place,” </span>said Wayne Smith, who was a young American diplomat in Havana in 1961 when relations were severed and who returned as the chief American diplomat after they were partially re-established under President Jimmy Carter. “<span style="font-size: 14pt">We talk to the Russians, we talk to the Chinese, we have normal relations even with Vietnam,” Mr. Smith said. “We trade with all of them. So why not with Cuba?” </span>In the White House, the first sign of the looming total embargo came when President John F. Kennedy told his press secretary to buy him as many H. Upmann Cuban cigars as he could find. The aide came back with 1,200.

Although trade restrictions had been imposed by his predecessor, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Mr. Kennedy announced the total embargo on Feb. 3, 1962, citing “the subversive offensive of Sino-Soviet Communism with which the government of Cuba is publicly aligned.”

It went into effect four days later at the height of the cold war, a year removed from the failed C.I.A.-backed Bay of Pigs invasion meant to oust Communism from Cuba and eight months before the Soviet attempts to put nuclear missiles on the island brought the two superpowers to the brink of war.

Little was planned to observe Tuesday’s anniversary, but Cuban-American members of Congress issued a joint statement vowing to keep the heat on Cuba.

Supporters of the policy acknowledge that many American strategic concerns from the 1960s are now in the past, such as curbing Soviet influence and keeping Fidel Castro from exporting revolution throughout Latin America. But they say that other justifications remain, such as the confiscation of United States property in Cuba and the need to press for greater freedoms on the island.

“<span style="font-weight: bold">We have a hemispheric commitment to freedom and democracy and respect for human rights,”</span> said José Cárdenas, a former National Security Council staff member on Cuba under President George W. Bush. “I still think that those are worthy aspirations.”

With just 90 miles of sea between Florida and Cuba, the United States would be a natural No. 1 trade partner and source of tourism.

The embargo is a constant talking point for island authorities, who blame it for shortages of everything from medical equipment to the concrete needed for highway construction. Cuba frequently fulminates against the “blockade” at the United Nations and demands the United States end its “genocidal” policy. Every fall, a vast majority of nations back a resolution condemning the embargo.

[jah_yout]

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<span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-weight: bold">With little fanfare, President Obama has renewed his authority under the 1917 Trading with the Enemy Act to extend the U.S. trade embargo on Cuba</span>,</span> according to a statement from the White House press office. &quot;<span style="font-weight: bold">I hereby determine that the continuation for 1 year of the exercise of those authorities with respect to Cuba is in the national interest of the United States,&quot; Obama declared </span>in a memorandum to the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury. In a post last year, <span style="font-weight: bold">The Havana Note explained that Cuba is the only country whose trade with the U.S. is restricted under the act (North Korea escaped its fetters in 2008) and that &quot;for close to 3 decades now, the embargo remains in place because of a yearly presidential determination that it ought to.&quot;</span>There are other reasons why Obama's move isn't surprising beyond the fact that the embargo has been extended every year for three decades. The President had harsh words for Cuba's economic reforms this week in an interview with Spanish-language correspondents in Washington.&quot;They certainly have not been aggressive enough when it comes to liberating political prisoners and giving people the opportunity to speak their minds&quot;, he said. In the age of the Arab Spring, he added, &quot;here you have this small island that is a throwback to the 60s.&quot; But not everyone agrees with Obama's stance on the embargo. A Los Angeles Times op-ed this week made the case for lifting the restrictions:

[Derek]

Re: so mi haffi bun out obama again

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jah_yout</div><div class="ubbcode-body">candidate obama: the cuban embargo has to be re-though

president obama: the cuban embargo is necessary



fire under weakheart </div></div>

You think this is Obama's idea?
You think he has a choice in these matters?

[sistactry]

Re: so mi haffi bun out obama again

nope,

but he should take a stand and tap being so freaking coward
sometimes u haffe tan up fe someting or u will fall for anyting