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Originally Posted by BillCosby
Maybe if he makes the Iranians do a kowtow & the Cubans kiss his ring you right wingers will feel they have shown enough respect to the King of the earth.... Maybe if they just don't look upon his face or sing the Pledge of allegiance three times before every meeting......  |
nice rant - that's all it is.
The President can't just meet without pre-conditions.
To do so, risks loss of US prestige, if the summit is not sucessful.
Also, it is a failure to use co-ercive diplomacy.
Your'e all for freeing political prisioners - correct?
They way to GET IT DONE is to tell Raul Cstro ( through lower level emmisarys)
" if you want trade ties with the US, you msut first release all political prisioners, and set up a viable election system"
It's the "carrot and the stick" idea, called co-ersive diplomacy in Policy.
I can't see why you would be opposed to it.
It's not warlike, it's not a threat.
It's a way of pressuring Castro to recognize Human rights, that helps him politically
( recognition and international standing ) and simultaneously helps his repressed people.
Win-Win
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sitting on a sofa on a Sunday afternoon
going to the candidates debate
Laugh about it, shout about it
when you got to choose
every way you look at it you lose
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