Today the United States committed a deliberate act of Peace in Cuba

[lunatica]

Peace isn't just something that happens. You have to put effort into it. You have to think about it. Plan for it. Implement it.

I want to hug a Cuban today. I am put into the state of mind of remembering my Cuban friends and classmates when I was in high school in Monterrey, Mexico 50 years ago. They fled Cuba and landed in Mexico and they were welcomed into the multi-national community in Monterrey.

I was there so many years ago, and today, full circle I am here. This isn't just a world historic moment. It's also a historic moment in my personal life.

[RKP5637]

1. K&R! n/t

[JoePhilly]

2. Thanks Obama!!

[lunatica]

8. This really is thanks to Obama!

He made it happen in the face of powerful opposition from those who unbelievably fear that tiny island. Even the descendants of the people who fled Cuba are fully American now, with no personal memories of living there, yet giving us of their wonderful culture into the mix that is this country.

It seems some people can't get over the US kick-ass bravado of the Iron Curtain past. They must miss it terribly.

[PowerToThePeople]

22. I will "Thanks Obama!" this too.

[H2O Man]

3. Recommended.

Very nice!

[lunatica]

6. I've been wishing for this for decades

and I sincerely hope that once the door of freedom is opened, it's impossible to close it again. I could never understand why tiny little Cuba was such a terrible threat to the US. If it was the "Communist threat" then why are we friendly with Russia? Well, kinda friendly.

[valerief]

4. Conan brought Cuba to us in March

[oldandhappy]

5. I love your headline, lunatica.

Would that we could do more of these deliberate acts of peace.

[lunatica]

7. Yes. That's been my hope for a lifetime

I know we can do it. We've done it before, but most people don't see that it has to be deliberate and thoughtful and intelligently pursued objective.

[erronis]

12. Agree+++. What would the world think of us if we promoted peace??

[packman]

9. About time

and I think it marks the waning influence of the right-wingers in America. Good news, should have happened decades ago.


NOW I want to go down there and PARTAAAY like my late Uncle Tom did back in the 50's-----



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[lunatica]

10. Me too! No one partaays better than the Cubanos!

Or the Americans who love them!

[Zorra]

11. Recommend

[AikidoSoul]

13. Am offering a DU toast to peace with Cuba. Good post recommend it and recommend

more peace with other nations.

[lunatica]

15. I'll drink to that!

Bottoms up!

[sarge43]

14. Thank you Mr President, Mr Secretary. Well done, sirs. n/t

[fbc]

16. Hooray Obama!

[mainer]

17. Now can we please ease restrictions on travel there?

Americans still have to jump through hoops to go there. US airlines don't fly there. We're still not allowed to spend money there unless we fulfill some special bullshit "category". Why can't we travel like Canadians do?

[roody]

21. Because we are so free?

[lunatica]

27. Now that the US Embassy is there, let's hope

the rest of the normalization on relations happen.

This isn't the first time President Obama has done something that opens the door. Once that happens it's near impossible to close it again, which means that it enables the next steps to happen.

I think he does it with forethought. I imagine he feels that this move will force the next moves along.

[cer7711]

18. About goddamn time!

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I never understood the "China good, Cuba bad" approach to foreign policy that made us look like sulking bullies the world over.

Let's hope the Cuban people can prevent Havana from becoming a gangsters' paradise again.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104997782

[spanone]

19. ...and the republicans hate it...

[iandhr]

20. deliberate act of Peace?

Sounds like something from The Onion

[lunatica]

24. That's one way of looking at it

thanks for responding

[niyad]

23. k and r

[malaise]

25. +1,000

Rec

[Octafish]

26. + another 1000 plus.

The people of Cuba are good people. Eisenhower's team cough Nixon and Dulles were lame ducks when they broke off diplomatic ties on Jan. 3, 1961.



Something else these BFEE dudes did before leaving office was to see that Patrice Lumumba was history. Africa hasn't been the same since, like Cuba -- until now.

PS: Thank you, lunatica! That phrase, "deliberate act of Peace in Cuba" is something special: an idea worth spreading to all the world.

[Stuart G]

28. K AND R.......FOR PEACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ,,,,,,,, not war........nt