By Robert Laurie ——Bio and Archives--October 16, 2015
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Now that we've normalized relations with Cuba, everything is hunky-dory, right? We've reopened our embassy, Americans will soon be purchasing cigars and exotic rums, and with a little luck we're all going to be partying like an army of Ricky Ricardos. Oh sure, we're turning a blind eye to the Castro brothers, their decades of theft, murder, torture and general despotism, but Paris Hilton got to visit! So the Obama administration is going to call it even.
Unfortunately for the President, his newly-minted Cuban pals are not so eager to embrace the United States. They are, however, ready and willing to assist Putin in Syria.Cuban military operatives reportedly have been spotted in Syria, where sources believe they are advising President Bashar al-Assad’s soldiers and may be preparing to man Russian-made tanks to aid Damascus in fighting rebel forces backed by the U.S. Gen. Leopoldo Cintra Frias, head of Cuba's Armed Forces, recently visited Syria to lead a group of Cuban military personnel joining forces with Russia in their support of Assad, according to information received by the University of Miami's Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies. On Wednesday, a U.S. official confirmed to Fox News that Cuban paramilitary and special forces units are on the ground in Syria, citing evidence from intelligence reports. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Cuban troops may have been training in Russia and may have arrived in Syria on Russian planes.The left wanted us to believe that Cuba would be eager to exploit its new relationship with the United States in pursuit of money, tourism, and a better way of life. It was supposed to reverse "decades of failed embargos" and bring about a new Cuba - one who's financial ties to the U.S. made it more ameanable to Western ideals. Those of us who disagreed argued that, no, the Castro brothers wouldn't be weakened and they wouldn't toe a new pro-Western line. They'd simply absorb the new influx of cash and use it in their ongoing efforts to align themselves with the "planet's worst actors."
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