What Obama has done -- which his predecessors didnt and somehow couldnt -- is to open a considerable amount of political space for actors other than government officials and public servants to do the hard but necessary work of bringing Cuba and the United States closer together. Many Cuban Americans have labored bravely for decades in a hostile environment in which the expression of moderate views was met by with disapproval -- in some cases with force -- by bullies and extremists. By changing the policy, the President has ensured that Cuban American families will be joined by pastors and rabbis, ball players and marine scientists, artists and experts, in conducting the kinds of meaningful exchanges that bring societies together in ways that diplomats (and certainly Beltway Contractors) cannot.
Posted on: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 21:00:00 +0000
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