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Washington (CNN)The United States officially removed Cuba from its list of countries that sponsor terrorism on Friday, setting the two nations up for a full renewal of diplomatic ties.President Barack Obama originally announced in April that he was recommending that Cuba be removed from the terror blacklist after a State Department review. Friday marked the expiration of a 45-day period when Congress could have blocked the move.
"The rescission of Cuba's designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism reflects our assessment that Cuba meets the statutory criteria," the State Department said in a statement Friday.
The statement noted that the U.S. "has significant concerns and disagreements with a wide range of Cuba's policies and actions" but said these fall outside the criteria related to rescinding a state sponsor of terror designation.
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:applaud One step closer to official normalized ties! Senator Udall did say earlier this week that there will be official normalized ties in a couple weeks, and it seems that may very well be true. [/FONT][/COLOR]
I'd love to go, too!Well good, next up - removing all those silly travel restrictions. I would like to go there with my Cuban wife and child without having to use an entirely different set of passports.
Another Obama failure.
How's that?Another Obama failure.
How's that?
False, Cuba poses no threat to us now. Communism is dead and the Castro brothers aren't far away from the same fate.
Go through with the normalization.
Globalism, historically, has had a positive effect on the economies of all countries, and more importantly, the USA.
I'll cut you some slack though, you seem to be clueless about economics.
Over a half-century ago!Lessee, we almost had missiles 90 miles off our coast. Now we can have ISIS 90 miles off our coast. Brilliant.
Over a half-century ago!
Lessee, we almost had missiles 90 miles off our coast. Now we can have ISIS 90 miles off our coast. Brilliant.
About as much as lacking an understanding of the current world.Forgetting history gets you what?
Lessee, we almost had missiles 90 miles off our coast. Now we can have ISIS 90 miles off our coast. Brilliant.
We will see.It will be much easier for the US to know what's going on in Cuba if Cuba's borders are more open to Americans and relations are normalized then the way it is now.
That said comparing 1962 Cuba with USSR's support to today's Cuba is ridiculous.
Missiles launched were a MAD scenario. Harboring terror groups, not so much. Take off the rose colored glasses.About as much as lacking an understanding of the current world.
(not wanting to beat on you, but digging back to the '62 Missile Crisis to provide argumentative support for a current policy change in 2015 seemed a bit much)
if if ifbut of course if not for the biggest foreign policy blunder in a century, you wouldn't know what the islamic state in iraq and syria even is!!
Show me a link to that positive effect.
Lessee, we almost had missiles 90 miles off our coast. Now we can have ISIS 90 miles off our coast. Brilliant.
Sixty years ago.
What makes you think Cuba is just going to let ISIS waltz in?
Lessee, we almost had missiles 90 miles off our coast. Now we can have ISIS 90 miles off our coast. Brilliant.
Forgetting history gets you what?
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