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A Facebook note (7/31/2015) on Crimea and Cuba

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John Brown OK, "they" ('em russkies) can have Crimea, but "we're" (we 'Merikans) are taking back (too imperialistic-sounding words?) Cuba -- one of the great, understated achievements of BO's foreign policy. 

Is the USG neglecting Crime-a/Ukraine? Well, not? 

Eastern Europe has real interests in that part of the world -- especially in term of taking in Ukrainian/Russian refugees; its leaders react to them as negligently as Arizona reacts to "illegals."

But we Americans, with all our domestic concerns, in the post-cold war world, have better things to worry about that a corner of Europe which is unable to define/get along itself. A bit like the Middle East.

And hey, Cuba is right off our U.S.-Cuban common coasts -- Cuba being a proud, talented, productive country oppressed by stupidity for decades by "policymakers" on both sides of the ideological/geopolitical fence.

We have real interests with the people of Cuba (just ask Miami taxpayers). As for Crime-a, how many Americans can find it on a map ... Of course not ... and why should we, frankly ... 

Let the Russians/Urainians handle a waterless economic disaster (I bet you many Ukrainians are just [secretly?] as happy to have that peninsula, which "actually" belongs to the Tartars (the "Muscovites"), off their hands).


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