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Related: About this forumCSPAN video: U.S.-Cuba Policy Assessment - House Foreign Affairs Committee
FEBRUARY 4, 2015
U.S.-Cuba Policy AssessmentState, Treasury, and Commerce Department officials testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the Obamas administrations decision to shift U.S. foreign policy to normalize relations between the U.S. and Cuba.
http://www.c-span.org/video/?324144-1/hearing-uscuba-relations
Judi Lynn
(160,598 posts)Didn't know who was the new chair in the Foreign Affairs Committee. Thank God they didn't allow La Loba Ileana Ros-Lehtinen to resume her position. Once was far too often.
Looked ahead on the video, saw she is going to speak. Don't know if I can sit through that blast of hot lies!
Heard Ed Royce's beginning remarks. Just a few seconds tells you exactly where this "assessment" is going. How can they even keep a straight face, anyway?
I'm curious about my endurance level, and it will be interesting to see how they handle this mock official "assessment."
Thank you for providing the chance to see the maggots performing the job their fascists sent them to Washington to do for them.
They seem so far away from sane U.S. Americans, don't they? They could resemble the U.S. Liars' Club.
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Mika
(17,751 posts)Straight from Cubanet's bought-and-paid-for lackeys.
I bet Cubanet is getting worried. Normalization might mean no more funding.
Judi Lynn
(160,598 posts)Hadn't even thought of Cubanet. They'd have a hard time of it without their allowance from the U.S. taxpayers, who don't even know they exist! They may be watching developments really intensely, maybe planning a "false flag" event to throw a wrench into the works.
Would we be surprised to suddenly get the news of another stunt like Hermanos al Rescate's "Cuban shootdown"? Perhaps a choice "Operation Northwoods" brainstroke? Not in the least.
Am continuing to listen to your link. These Congresscritters are totally dumb as mud. Good grief! Shockingly stupid. How can they believe they can "outsmart" the U.S. public. Astonishing.
Mika
(17,751 posts)They were some of the group of 75 jailed for being unregistered agents, and traitorous agents of the declared enemies of Cuba.
Cubanet's "journalists" have been at the center of the so-called human rights abuse cases the US (Cuban exile) congress critters have been mewling over.
Of course, you remember that they and said "independent journalists" are funded by the NED, IRI, USAID, Freedom House, Mellon Scaife foundation, terrorist Orlando Bosch, and the Diaz-Balart family.
Judi Lynn
(160,598 posts)Around 2:02:00. Amazing.
Judi Lynn
(160,598 posts)that the movement toward Cuba was an "unfair" surprise to the U.S. stakeholders. He seems to think, along with Ros-Lehtinen, that the money men should have been consulted first, before anyone else in the country.
Jesus H. Christ on a pogostick. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen told Ms. Jacobson that Mr. Clawson had a comment, and that was his brilliant comment.
Congresswoman Ros-Lentinen, my chicken has a comment for you: "Bite me."
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Mika
(17,751 posts)"Funny" that it is US law that prevents settlements w/Cuba, but yet, congresscritters want Cuba to pay interest on that delay. Worse than Bank of America! Impoverish their nation, and make them pay with interest. Fuckers!
The Diaz-Balart letter of disapproval is included in the record?? I can hear campaign coffers filling now.
Judi Lynn
(160,598 posts)The U.S. advised if they tried to make settlements it would be "trading with the enemy."
All the property owners in other countries settled in the early days. It was over, finished, done. Everywhere but here.
Nearly fell out of my seat when I heard them actually referring to "interest." They have to be insane. Sure, they can get their Congress a-holes to back them up, as it would be mutually beneficial, as you've pointed out, using it for big campaign dollars, keeping the bogus conflict going.
So sick. They are all criminals.