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Obama shakes hands with Raul Castro at Mandela's funeral

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  1. da1

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    It is only the second time in 60 years that a US president has shaken the hands of a Cuban Communist leader. President Bill Clinton was the first to do so in 2000 after a lunch during a United Nations summit in New York, when he shook hands with Mr Castro's brother, Fidel.

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    One failed commie to another, big deal :rolleyes:
     
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    Kissing yes

    Hand shaking no

    conservative logic
     
  5. AroundTheWorld

    AroundTheWorld Insufferable 98er
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    I don't see a problem with it.
     
  6. cheke64

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    Then soon after that he shook hands with a black person and the song my ***** my ***** came on. Instant Vine classic.
     
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    Glad to see. The Cold War ended, and the best way to defeat communism is to expose Cuba to the free market. Plus, we'd have much lower sugar prices.

    However, that would piss off sugar producers who happen to hold a lot of clout in Florida. And the cuban expat community who also happens to be based in, Florida.

    What's consistently been one of the biggest swing states over the past several elections? You guessed it Florida.

    Hence why no party will ever adopt the platform of ending the embargo. Even though having access to Cuba's markets would be great.
     
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    we can make glorious business with chinese comrades have them lend money, but because some little misunderstanding back in the 50's we can't even shake the hand of the beard's brother? ay dio mio.
     
  9. CometsWin

    CometsWin Breaker Breaker One Nine

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    PROOF! That Communist Marxist Socialist Muslim! We KNEW it! ;)
     
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    I pray to cure the ignorance of these types of Obama voters. Putin and Russia cleaned the United States' clock on the Syria matter, dominating Obama and expanding Russia and Iran's control over the Middle East. They laid the trap, and the naive Obama waltzed right into it. Obama voters are too distracted with selfie pics at funerals to notice. If the Cold War is about Russia's quest to increase its power in the world, then it is still raging as hot as ever. Read the news sometime.

    Many good upstanding Americans have died fighting the reign of terror and inhumane actions of the Castros in Cuba. Obama insults them all with this thoughtless act. He is a piece of trash unfit for the office... the classless, ignorant, figurehead leader of the godless celebrity crowd....
     
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    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>When asked why he shook a dictator’s hand, Raul Castro said it seemed like the polite thing to do.</p>&mdash; Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) <a href="https://twitter.com/AnnCoulter/status/410480618972004352" data-datetime="2013-12-10T12:46:20+00:00">December 10, 2013</a></blockquote>
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    Mandela would smile on the President and approve his gesture of outreach.
     
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    The hate some people have in this country (world) that bring out these types of adjectives is pretty crazy.

    The world is always ending to some cult somewhere. You should join one :rolleyes:
     
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    :grin:
     
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    That was funny.
     
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    The whole world gathered to honor Mr. Mandela for his stance on civility and discourse.
     
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    Ask a Cuban American what they think of the leader of the free world shaking hands with their enemy.
     
  18. REEKO_HTOWN

    REEKO_HTOWN I'm Rich Biiiiaaatch!

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    I guess the smart ones would understand diplomacy and then you'd have pitbull.

    Btw, Cuba is such a beautiful country. Can't wait for the garbage embargo to end so we can all freely experience it.
     
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    Perhaps I'll get to take a vacation enjoying the Cuban beaches and Cuban cuisine and Cuban music in Cuba someday. Normalizing relations between the 2 countries is decades overdue.
     
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    Your posts read like some automated bot attempting to sort out which conservative memes will be popular in the upcoming week.
     

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