On Sat, 27 Dec 2014 12:41:14 -0500, Let it snowe
wrote:

Ok. We made a extraordinary offer. What will the regime offer in return.
Remember, our interest is in the welfare of Cuba's population.

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"Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer."

--- Sun Tzu, The Art of War

I think it applies even though I don't really consider Cuba to be an
enemy, just a misguided neighbor. In my opinion we have more to gain
by normalizing relations than we do by continuing the trade embargo
and travel bans.

It would have happened sooner except for the large population of Cuban
ex-pats in this country who still cling to the belief that they can go
back some day and reclaim their seized property.