Obama’s goal for Cuba trip: Become a source of support
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/obamas-goal-for-cuba-trip-become-a-source-of-support/2016/03/16/5aa9877c-ebc5-11e5-a6f3-21ccdbc5f74e_story.html?postshare=1171458249635173&tid=ss_fb-bottom
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** Ohhh, let's hope Obama gets it right. There are so many, many ways to get it wrong
Outlining the trip to reporters, Ben Rhodes, Obamas deputy national security adviser, said that the Tuesday morning speech would be as important as anything else hes doing on the island.
Held at the recently renovated Gran Teatro Alicia Alonso in central Havana, it will address the very complicated history between our two countries .?.?. [and] make clear what his vision is for the future of relations between the United States and Cuba, and the future that we would wish for the Cuban people.
While Obama will not shy away from discussing human rights, the difference here is that in the past, because of certain U.S. policies, the message that was delivered in that regard either overtly or implicitly suggested that the United States was seeking to pursue regime change .?.?. or the United States thought we could dictate the direction of Cuba, Rhodes said.
Obama will make clear, he said, that the United States is not a hostile nation seeking regime change, that in fact we cant be blamed for challenges in Cuba, and that .?.?. we are there as a source of support for the Cuban people.