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Titolo: On Cuba, McCain is Definitely Not a Realist

On Cuba, McCain is Definitely Not a Realist
May 21, 2008 in News by Jim Lobe | 5 comments
For those who continue to believe that John McCain’s realist advisers
exercise real influence on his foreign-policy positions, the latest piece
of contrary evidence was provided by the candidate today in Miami where he
served red meat, hot and steaming, to the hard-liners who have made so
much progress in promoting democratic change on the island over the last
48 years. His speech came less than a week after the Council on Foreign
Relations, the Mecca of foreign-policy realism, released a major report on
U.S.-Latin American relations that called for unilaterally relaxing
sanctions imposed by Bush on travel and remittances “with the aim of
lifting the embargo against Cuba.”
In any event, the speech offered no hint of difference between McCain’s
policy proposals and those pursued by Bush. He belittled the transition
from Fidel to Raul Castro as meaningless and declared that the embargo
should remain intact until Havana releases “all political prisoners
unconditionally”, [legalizes] political parties, labor unions, and free
media, and [schedules] internationally monitored elections.”
He attacked Obama for, like the CFR, proposing to ease the embargo and for
“want[ing] to sit down unconditionally for a presidential meeting with
Raul Castro,” a step which McCain said “would send the worst possible
signal to Cuba’s dictators — there is no need to undertake fundamental
reforms, they can simply wait for a unilateral change in U.S. policy.”
He also insisted that maintaining the embargo would be “just one element
of a broader approach” on Cuba that would include providing “more material
assistance and moral support…, and increase Radio and TV Marti and other
means to communicate directly with the Cuban people.”
“My Justice Department would vigorously prosecute Cuban officials
implicated in the murder of Americans, drug trafficking and other crimes.
While our Cuba policy will not always be in accord with that of our
hemispheric and European partners, my administration will begin an active
dialogue with them to develop a plan for post Castro Cuba, a plan that
will spark rapid change and a new awakening in that country.”
Of course, you expect this kind of thing from a Republican in south
Florida, but it’s interesting to note that, when McCain was still a
maverick eight years ago, he was the only Republican candidate who said he
would be willing to engage Fidel Castro in a ‘’step-by-step reciprocal”
process of easing sanctions in exchange for political and economic
reforms. He repeatedly cited the process that led to the normalization of
relations with Vietnam as a model.
Now, however, consistent with the Bush approach of posing sweeping
preconditions to any negotiation process, McCain appears more than eager
to pander to the most hard-line sectors of the Cuban-American community. 
Hillary and Obama are addressing Cuban-American audiences in Florida later
this week. 
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El plevan in bisiclette l'è colà
in un fossaà, gli s'è rotto la velade......
e poi? 

 in un fossaà, gli s'è rotto la velade......
--una canzone friulana ---
il prete in bicicletta è caduto
in un fossato, gli si è rotta la tonaca
El Plevan di Malborghet a l'è stat tre dis tal iet cu la masarie...
...e par no lasale plene lui ia rot il fil de schene cu la manarie...
...ie ia dite che ha biei voi ma e son come doi pedoi  ator pe muse...
...ie ia dite che ha un biel nas ma l'è grant come il garas 
pal'autotreno...
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...ie ia dite che ha un biel cul ma l'è grant come un baul plen di 
varuscli...
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tegni! [che brutte troe]
se tu sintis quant che pisse ie le molle fisse fisse par tampieste
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un'altra versione....
el plevan di Malborghet
al è stat tre dis in tal liet
cun la masarie
che par no lasale plene
lui le ha rot il fil de schene
cun la manarie
la masarie dal plevan
e ha sclipat el capelan
par fa la scuete
je me ha dit che ha biei voi
ma son come doi pedoi
a tor pa muse
je me ha dit che ha un biel nas
ma al è grand come il garage
dall'automobil
je me ha dit che ha bielis tetis
ma son come le sachetis
de ghiachete
je me ha dit che ha un biel cul
ma al è grand come un baul
plen di varuscli
je me ha dit che ha un biel liet
quatri breis e un cavalet
e duarm par tiare
(e) se tu sintis quan che pisse
je le molle fisse fisse
par tempieste
je me ha dit che ha un biel tai
ma al promete e no da mai
e che s'al tegni
ma al promete e no da mai
ma al promete e no da mai
e che s'al tegni                                      -|