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What's the real reason behind President Obama's recent decision to lift economic sanctions against Cuba?
Was it because of Obama's kindness and compassion toward the Cuban people? Hardly. Those are attributes that are completely foreign to Obama. Rather, it was because of the growing military threat from Russia and Cuba's geographical location to the United States.
Those who are old enough may remember the Cuban missile crisis that took place in 1962. That crisis was sparked by two events; (1) America's failed overthrow attempt of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro in 1961 that was known as the Bay of Pigs invasion and (2) U.S. ICBMs that were placed throughout Europe and in Turkey that were aimed at Moscow.
The Bay of Pigs invasion was designed to get rid of Castro and his communist government that had ousted President Fulgencio Batista in 1959 during the Cuban Revolution. The Cuban missile crisis resulted from Cuba's response to prevent further overthrow attempts by the U.S.
The Cuban government imported several potent Russian ICBMs with the intent of launching them against the U.S. in the event of another invasion. That crisis nearly led to a nuclear confrontation between Russia and the U.S. before diplomacy won out and the Russians agreed to remove and dismantle the missiles.
However, it's important to remember that the only reason why Cuba became a communist entity in 1959 was because of its geographical proximity to the United States.
Prior to the "revolution" that began in 1953, Cuba had been a free nation and a popular tourist destination. In fact, the city of Havana was home to several casinos that were built and managed by some of America's most notorious crime families.
But Cuba's proximity to the U.S. was extremely important to the Russians who viewed Cuba as a vital place to neutralize and threaten America militarily.
More importantly, if the U.S. was able to aim its nuclear missiles at Russia from Europe and Asia Minor, then the Russians needed to level the playing field. And Cuba was that playing field.
Hence, the Russians needed to overthrow Cuba's government and install a puppet regime that was loyal to Moscow. And in Castro; his brother Raul and a bloodthirsty murderer named Che Guevara, the Russians had found their puppets.
As they say, the rest is history. Once a beautiful nation, Cuba became a socialist sewer of poverty, starvation and oppression, not unlike North Korea. And when the Soviet Union finally collapsed in 1991, Cuba became even more desolate.
Certainly, the Castros survived as buffoonish tinpot dictators, ruling over an impoverished island. And only arch-idiots and deluded fools choose to believe that Cuba became a better place to live under the Castros.
America's economic embargo of Cuba, that was enacted in 1960, has largely been a farce. Goods, services and money have flowed freely to and from the island since then. But the Cuban people have continued to suffer because of the Castros rather than because of a paper economic boycott.
And so, Obama's lifting of economic sanctions is more rhetoric than compassion. What the Obama administration really seeks to accomplish is to make friends with Raul Castro and persuade him to keep the Russians away from his island.
You see, Vladimir Putin wants to rebuild a new Russian world empire that would replace the old Soviet Union that died in 1991. And he wants to include Cuba in that empire because of its proximity to America and because the U.S. is literally dismantling its military and nuclear arsenal under Obama.
Putin probably won't get his wish right away because Russia's economy is reeling. But eventually he or a successor will. Cuba will go to the Russians and America will go to the dogs.
Concerning the coming global government, biblical prophecy reveals that Russia is going to be the head of that government. (Daniel 11, Ezekiel 38-39) And the dreaded Antichrist is also going to come from Russia as well.
Thus, Obama's diplomatic move toward Cuba merely staves off the inevitable.
The Cuban government imported several potent Russian ICBMs with the intent of launching them against the U.S. in the event of another invasion. That crisis nearly led to a nuclear confrontation between Russia and the U.S. before diplomacy won out and the Russians agreed to remove and dismantle the missiles.
However, it's important to remember that the only reason why Cuba became a communist entity in 1959 was because of its geographical proximity to the United States.
Prior to the "revolution" that began in 1953, Cuba had been a free nation and a popular tourist destination. In fact, the city of Havana was home to several casinos that were built and managed by some of America's most notorious crime families.
But Cuba's proximity to the U.S. was extremely important to the Russians who viewed Cuba as a vital place to neutralize and threaten America militarily.
More importantly, if the U.S. was able to aim its nuclear missiles at Russia from Europe and Asia Minor, then the Russians needed to level the playing field. And Cuba was that playing field.
Hence, the Russians needed to overthrow Cuba's government and install a puppet regime that was loyal to Moscow. And in Castro; his brother Raul and a bloodthirsty murderer named Che Guevara, the Russians had found their puppets.
As they say, the rest is history. Once a beautiful nation, Cuba became a socialist sewer of poverty, starvation and oppression, not unlike North Korea. And when the Soviet Union finally collapsed in 1991, Cuba became even more desolate.
Certainly, the Castros survived as buffoonish tinpot dictators, ruling over an impoverished island. And only arch-idiots and deluded fools choose to believe that Cuba became a better place to live under the Castros.
America's economic embargo of Cuba, that was enacted in 1960, has largely been a farce. Goods, services and money have flowed freely to and from the island since then. But the Cuban people have continued to suffer because of the Castros rather than because of a paper economic boycott.
And so, Obama's lifting of economic sanctions is more rhetoric than compassion. What the Obama administration really seeks to accomplish is to make friends with Raul Castro and persuade him to keep the Russians away from his island.
You see, Vladimir Putin wants to rebuild a new Russian world empire that would replace the old Soviet Union that died in 1991. And he wants to include Cuba in that empire because of its proximity to America and because the U.S. is literally dismantling its military and nuclear arsenal under Obama.
Putin probably won't get his wish right away because Russia's economy is reeling. But eventually he or a successor will. Cuba will go to the Russians and America will go to the dogs.
Concerning the coming global government, biblical prophecy reveals that Russia is going to be the head of that government. (Daniel 11, Ezekiel 38-39) And the dreaded Antichrist is also going to come from Russia as well.
Thus, Obama's diplomatic move toward Cuba merely staves off the inevitable.
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