As soon as pictures and reports of Obama shaking hands with Cuba’s President Raul Castro at the Mandela memorial surfaced, there was a torrent of criticism that rained down on the president. And when pictures of Obama taking a selfie with his cellphone camera of British Prime Minister David Cameraon, Denmark’s hottie Prime Minster Helle Thorning-Schmidt and the three of them laughing it up, the chorus of criticism became even louder.
As all of you must know by now, I have no use for President Obama. But give me a break! There’s nothing in what Obama did that merits any criticism. He was at a memorial service that lasted four hours. Surely people did not expect him to shed tears during the whole ceremony. I’ve been to memorials that did not last anywhere that long, and people tend to joke around among themselves from time to time during the occasion.
As for shaking hands with Raul Castro, what could possibly be wrong with that? Obama was merely following the protocol of greeting the leaders of other nations. They just shook hands. Obama did not embrace Castro or bow down to him like he did in 2009 with the Saudi King.
The U.S. would have had some sort of accommodation or reconciliation with Cuba long ago if it were not foe the vehement opposition of the politically powerful Cuban exile community in Miami. All the sanctions we have enforced against Cuba, sanctions that other nations have not imposed, have not brought about the downfall of the Castro regime. Our sanctions have only hurt Cuban’s common people and they have also hurt America’s farmers and businesses.
The condemnation of his actions at the Mandela memorial is nothing more than a load of crap dumped on the president by those who look for any excuse to criticize or humiliate Obama. Shame, shame on them!
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Banging on Barry for this is like blaming an alligator for biting you or a puppy for peeing on the carpet. Its in his nature to be a self-centered ass. Get used to it.
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