Isn’t it interesting how Cuba is among the 14 countries listed by the United States government as posing a terrorist threat to this nation. The other countries are mostly from the Middle East, along with a handful from Africa and Asia.
Why the United States ever allowed this Caribbean island just 90 miles from our shores to deteriorate to such extremes under the Castro regime, which has been in power for over 50 years, is beyond comprehension. Who would have thought that this once energetic, capitalistic nation with incredibly close ties to the U.S. would ever harbor terrorists! But more importantly, why hasn’t the United States invaded Cuba and overthrown the communist regime? Unlike Iraq which is a huge country with a hostile geography and crazy people willing to die for their cause located halfway around the world, Cuba can be overtaken in 72 hours. All we would need to do is surround the island with our Navy and give the Cuban leaders 72 hours to surrender before sending in the troops. Members of Castro’s military would not even put up a fight. First they would scramble around like the rats that they are, then pee and crap their pants and finally throw their arms up in the air and beg for mercy; all of this within hours.
In closing, it just doesn’t make any since to allow a country believed to harbor terrorists to continue operating in our own back yard. TGO
Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press
WASHINGTON – Travelers from 14 countries that have been home to terrorists will no longer automatically face extra screening before they fly to the U.S.
Beginning this month, anyone traveling to the U.S. will instead be screened based on specific information about potential terrorist threats, a senior Obama administration official said. A person would be stopped if he or she matches a description, even if officials do not have a suspect’s name, according to the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive security issues.
For example, if the U.S. has intelligence about a Nigerian man between the ages of 22 and 32 whom officials believe is a threat or a known terrorist, under the new policy all Nigerian men within that age range will receive extra screening before they are allowed to fly to the U.S. If intelligence later shows that the suspect is not a terrorist, travelers will not be screened against that description.
The new procedures replace those that went into effect after the attempted bombing of a jetliner en route to Detroit on Christmas Day. Those rules required extra screening, such as full-body pat-downs, for everyone from, or traveling through, any of these 14 countries: Afghanistan, Algeria, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.
The new terror-screening strategy, to be announced Friday, is a result of a review ordered by President Barack Obama.
The intelligence-based targeting will be in addition to screening names on terror watch lists. The government’s “no fly” list of suspected terrorists, who are banned from flights to, or within, U.S. territory, has about 6,000 names.
A Nigerian man, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, has been charged with boarding a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day with a bomb hidden in his underwear. One of the reasons the alleged bomber was able to board the flight in Amsterdam was that his name was not on a U.S. terror watch list. However, officials failed to even share a description of the suspected terrorist.
The new policy should significantly decrease the number of innocent travelers from the 14 countries who have been inconvenienced by the extra screening, the official said.
In the past three months, senior U.S. security officials have been meeting with foreign countries to discuss how to improve aviation security, and many countries have adopted enhanced screening methods, including the use of body-scanning machines.
The U.S. does not have the authority to screen passengers in foreign airports. But if air carriers do not agree to follow the U.S. guidelines for international aviation security, they could be fined and potentially banned from operating flights to the U.S.
JFK authorized the ill fated “bay of pigs” expedition that was a subversive act of agression to overthrow Fidel and crew. Of course JFK is best remembered for the Kruschev missile gambit with “ICBM” installation as a “we will bury you” diplomacy.
… It failed as he didn’t provide air support for the troops on the ground who were hung out to dry.
President B.O. needs Cuba to drill our oil off Florida for us. So we can buy our own reserves and provide money to Cuba. Michael Moore documented the superior health care system that is the model for our healthcare reform legislation. Soon we can buy our own oil after paying Cuba for their stealing our own oil reserves.
This has nothing to do with Barack Obama. Cuba has been allowed to have a communist dictatorship for over 50 years; through the administrations of numerous presidents; both Republican and Democrat.
There is no oil off the coast of Florida. What oil there is is in the middle of the Gulf, closer to Louisiana and Texas. Either way, what few cars remain in Cuba are from the 1950s and were there prior to Castro’s dictatorship. Obviously if they can’t even afford to import cars (and the people have no money with which to buy them anyway) they certainly can’t afford any type of more sophisticated equipment; such as would be needed for an offshore oil drilling rig. Furthermore, the U.S. isn’t doing business with Cuba.
Cuba’s health care system is anything but superior. The Cuban economy has been in shambles for decades; since shortly after Castro seized power. They barely have enough electrical power or working infrastructure to keep hospitals air conditioned. They have no money to purchase drugs or buy new medical equipment because the Castro regime steals all the money going into the country. Michael Moore has made good points in the past, particularly with respect to George W. Bush, but in this specific instance he’s way off the mark!