President Obama continues to be pushed around by world leaders who respect neither him nor the country that he is tasked with representing.
After years of backdoor negotiations, Obama finally visited Cuba after the communist nation resumed relations with the US after 50 years. No sitting American president has set foot on the island since Fidel Castro and his cohorts took over the Caribbean island and imposed a socialist dictatorship just miles away from Florida.
As anyone who been following the matter can tell you, opening Cubaup was a very big deal to Obama, who fancies himself as some sort of peacemaker. To that end, visiting the long-hostile nation would be a major feather in his cap.
But not everyone seemed to think it was a big deal, least of all the Cubans. Indeed, Raul Castro, brother of Fidel and the current ruler of the island, wasn’t even there to greet Obama when he touched down in Havana.
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This marks the second time Obama has been snubbed by a sitting head of state within a week. Just days ago, Obama flew to London expecting to be received by Queen Elizabeth only to learn she refused to return to Buckingham Palace to greet him, forcing him to drive over 20 miles to see her. Seems like she told Castro that Obama is a pushover:
“The Cuban leader frequently greets major world figures upon their arrival at Jose Marti International Airport, but was absent on the tarmac.
Instead, he planned to greet Obama on Monday at the Palace of the Revolution.
Castro’s perceived snub was noticed by many people, including one of the men hoping to replace Obama next January:
While there is some debate over whether or not it’s normal for the Cuban leader to appear on the tarmac when another head of state enters the country, Twitchy did note that Castro greeted Pope Francis at José Martí Airport not once, but twice, over the last six months:”
Source: Independent Journal, Truth And Action
They’ve gotten what they wanted from Barry, so why waste any more time ?
that’s pretty funny, first Queen Elizabeth, then the castros…and of course he is clueless still
Castro dead
FOOL,CLOWN
Bwahahaha
He’s trying to swing deals for old cars and cigars!
Hanging is too good for him.
Don’t say Obama and hanging together anymore, you got my hopes up !
name how many in the us respect him
Miguel A. Faria’s book, Cuba in Revolution (2002), op. cit., pp. 415-416, states the following: “Since Fidel Castro took over the island in 1959, the best figures that we can glean is that between 30,000 to 40,000 people either have been executed en los paredones de fusilamiento (in the firing squad wall) or have died in the hands of their communist jailers. Mr. Faria also estimates: “The best conservative estimate is that between 30,000 to 40,000 Cubans have perished attempting to flee Castro’s regime, mostly succumbing in the treacherous waters of the Florida Straits. My figures for death at sea are consistent with Juan Clark’s” Cuba: Mito y Realidad, “who estimated that more than 16,000 Cubans had made it to freedom since 1959 up to the time of the publication of the book in 1992. Clark estimated that figure represented only one out of three Cubans who attempted to make it to freedom. Countless thousands of others have died indirectly as a result of Fidel Castro’s collectivist policies, unspeakable privations, malnutrition, and the general desolation of a once more prosperous island.”