Obama's Trip to Cuba | National Catholic Reporter by MSW. MGB: That the achievements of the revolution outweigh its tyrannies is obviously true because there has been no effective counter-revolution among the non-exiles. Raul's comments on our lack of universal health care are absolutely true (Feel the Bern!) and its a pity he did not also mention the lack of D.C. statehood. Everyone has their tyrannies.
Very neo-conservative tone to the column today, by the way. The cold war is over. There is no way Cuba is going to overthrow our democracy. Trump is more likely to. China is actually much harsher to its citizens and workers, yet we deal with them every day in every day. We should use the same standard in dealing with human rights in Cuba, which is much less friendly to the Church than Havana. Of course, the Cuban Church is likely more schooled in the Democratic Socialism of Catholic Social teaching than the American Church is.
This visit and normalization are long time in coming. Hopefully the boycott can be done with. The time to continue pandering to the exile community in south Florida has ended.
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