Actually Putin has already made some disturbing comments about plans they have for Cuba. I had just made a comment along your lines in another thread.
Larzz,
I tend to agree. Today Putin announced several disturbing items: 1) Placing short range missiles near Poland 2) Would not rule out his return to power (not that he ever left) 3) Russia will not remove troops from Georgia's breakaway regions
On top of that, Cuba has chosen to align themselves with Chavez and other Communist South American countries.
Cor: Steve, you have proven yourself to be a tremendous whack job.
obviously medvedev / putin and the achmedenijad et. al loom...
not to mention kim jong, iraq, and oh yeah osama oh and lets not forget the economy too...
as i think about it more, although he expressed some openess on cuba, i guess once priorites are set, havana might be low low on the list...
i do highly doubt he will make the same draconian directives as bush 2 - maybe we might even see some lesseing of family visitation (ala clinton)
i guess hopefully we can maybe expect a laissez-faire attitude - with not much action either way (pro or con)...maybe seeing an end to the dreaded OFAC actions and seizures...
i tend to agree with some of the voicers above obama will have far more to contend with then wheather or not we normalize relations with cuba .perhaps in his second term, he can worry about that. by then he will have already parted the red sea.
I say between B and C...as for him running again, and therefore his intentions of A--the Cuban vote was less of a factor in this past election. The hardliners are going to vote vs. him anyways, but the Cuban vote is a little less significant than it once was given more migration from Puerto Ricans, Colombians, Dominicans, etc. Besides, the younger Cubans are more open to dialog and less stringent regulations vs. Cuba...almost all--hardliners and younger were against the tougher travel restrictions that limited them to legally visiting the island only once every 3 years.
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Just something to read. I don't know, it's not going to end right after Obama gets elected, but I think he'll be there for 8 years, so I could see it ending within 8 years.
Anyways, stock up now. Once it ends, I have a feeling it's actually going to be more of a hassle getting them
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B. With Raul in, I can see in eight years Cuba abandoning Communism and opening free trade, adopting civil rights and a democracy. Their country would thrive. So B now and I am reaching here, but D in eight years. Sort of like Egypt.
