Proving that Leftists are Defeatists.
First, Cuba:
What did Mr Obama acquire from his move? What did he negotiate? What did he — us — get from the negotiation? Was it even a “negotiation” or was it simple capitulation? I submit Mr Obama’s move was nothing more than outright capitulation to the Cuban regime. This is nothing more than a reward to Cuba, with zero expected in return. Cuba arrested over 8,000 “political prisoners” just this year. Cuban-Americans are disgusted. Obama has extended political legitimacy to this dictatorship. This is a 55-year-old policy overturned. Obama’s transcript is here.
“Let us leave behind the legacy of both colonization and communism, the tyranny of drug cartels, dictators and sham elections,” Obama said. As he equates Communism with what he perceives as US colonial power — a thing he must defeat at all costs.
What gets rewarded gets repeated. And those who cannot remember history are doomed to repeat it. It would appear time and again that Mr Obama has total Historical Alzheimers. Because here is what will happen:
History will repeat itself. Vladimir Putin, a power broker/seeker of the Nth degree who would love nothing more than to re-create the USSR, has just been provided with a perfect pathway right back into Cuba, a mere 90 miles from the United States. A Putin whose strength has been partly broken because of the plummet of petroleum power (and whose petroleum power he held over the vast lands of the European Union). A Putin who, when threatened, will look to the past and see Nikita Khrushchev. And will be consoled by same when he determines to repeat that past by sending Russian troops to Cuba, welcomed by Raul Castro.
This Obama move did nothing for the people of Cuba. They will wake up tomorrow still ensconced in a Communist regime with no more freedoms than the prior day. Americans throughout the globe are no safer; in fact, they are less safe.
Finally, what happens to Guantanamo? Is this a roundabout way to get Guantanamo finally shuttered by the eradication of the contract? Was this the point?
Obama, thy name is Chamberlain. Crouching Obama and Paper Tiger.
Second, Sony:
Sony has likewise submitted and yielded to cyber-terrorism. This is Spineless Hollywood in the face of a threat clearly on behalf of North Korea and no other. According to Variety, Sony has “no further release plans for The Interview.” No DVDs, no video-on-demand. Completely scrapped. Dead. Fini. Roll over, doggie.
Sony, the institution, the entire film industry, just completely collapsed, encouraging others in the future. “Look what North Korea just got away with.” This is damned near an act of war against the United States of America. And yet met with defeatism.
What gets rewarded gets repeated.
Above, Kim Jong Un churns North Korean peasants into convenient lubricant. Photo courtesy of Sir Ben Shapiro.
Does this get the Taliban and ISIS thinking: “all we have to do is threaten movie theaters or malls and America?” That would, I submit, be a Logical Extension of Sony’s action.
In the face of that, however, a Texas theater decides to show “Team America” in place of “The Interview.” Bully!
Mr Obama weighed in on Cuba. What is his position on cyber-terrorism against America? Why is Obama conspicuously silent on the issue? Why does he refuse to recognize that America was attacked digitally? What is his reticence? Why is he hesitant?
Hollywood, thy name is Chamberlain.
BZ
How about THREE letter words? “Wag the Dog”. It has seemed that we have been living out the scenarios such as that film portrayed over and over again for the last six years. Every time a scandal or controversial action comes out of D.C., a plane disappears, or a rancher has a standoff, or deadly diseases and pandemics are imminent, or there are protests, on and on and on. I wonder if anyone has actually done a timeline that shows all theses headlines as they hit the news, coincided with and summarily ripped the attention of the nation away from the wrong doings in D.C. to a different sensational story.
Yesterday was no different. A Supreme Court Justice recently issued an”opinion” declaring the president’s immigration acts as unconstitutional. The president also released more dangerous criminals to Cuba and dropped the decades-long embargo. THAT should have been HUGE headlines, right? NOPE. The administration is smart. They know that American’s may care about their homeland but so many care more about entertainment, social media and taking selfies. SO. Isn’t it curious. Circumstances force major movie theater chains to cancel the Sony movie for fear that very few will go to ANY of the movies they show in their theaters over The Christmas Holidays.
NOW all of a suddent, Cuba is a side story. Instantly buried. Most news outlets are focused on Sony and not saying much about Cuba. “Wag the Dog” triumphs once again.
Sorry. I don’t buy it. N Korea hacked Sony? I have to think that an entity within our borders would have far more to gain. Oh, by the way, Cuba recently supplied military equipment to N Korea. They are buddies. Also, earlier this year, as Putin traveled the globe to visit the other BRICS nations, he stopped in Cuba and struck a deal for Russia to once again be allowed to utilize former Soviet military stations inside of Cuba.
How does THAT play into what the president has done.?!
You’ve put your thumb squarely on the problem…
Knowledge of history.
Ask young voters these days about historical events of more than a few years back and you’ll get either a puzzled stare, or a “Who the Hell cares” sneer.
And that means the rest of us have to relive the pain.
You know the mantra BZ…
Guns, ammo, water… etc., etc.
Precisely.
BZ
Two losses, no question… sigh
Another thing that bothers me about this Cuba business is the involvement of the Pope in the negotiations. Considering his stated feelings about elevating the poor and the injustice they must bear, does he believe this change in relations will help the poor of Cuba? Or will it be another way to fight against the ‘excesses of capitalism’ he speaks about? Frankly, I think he has been played.
And will someone please explain to me what the purpose is of those men in suits sitting in that enormous white building in Washington D.C. drawing salaries and benefits funded by the ever diminishing number of taxpayers? What use are they? Here is a president who has a ‘pen and a phone’ and a disregard for the Constitution who has shown time and again he has all the authority he needs to do whatever he wants sans consequences. Yet no one has the guts to try and rein him in. Maybe instead of spending so much time insulated in Washington, those elected should spend more time in their own constituencies hearing what their people want and being available in person to justify their actions. I am beyond disgusted with them all. Am waiting for the day when obama waves his magic pen and writes an EO dissolving Congress.