Reply #38: A perspective which makes Mr Obama's position more interesting

[Mika]

Instead of embracing the new younger and larger Cuban-American demographic that seeks a new road between the US and Cuba that includes travel rights for all not just expats, Mr Obama came to Miami and embraced the hard line 'exiles know best' old routine.

Aside from that, I think that the reality of the standoff isn't really based on a psychological battlefield, or even an ideological battle of any kind - that's a cover story. It's really about campaign funding strategies. Status quo rules. The standoff remains because it is a campaign cash cow for the mixed groups of Dems and repugs who are pro and con on the issues relating to their campaign funding constituencies. By keeping the issue in stasis, with a little tweak here and there by various admins to stir the pot, the cash cow remains, ever growing. By resolving it sensibly a large campaign funding plank is removed from supporters (poseurs) of their respective positions.

The US standoff with Cuba has little, if anything, to do with Cuba. Its 99.99% about corrupt US politics.


I voted for change.
End the sanctions now.