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Claustrum

(4,845 posts)
1. So our reaction is to piss them off more?
Tue Nov 3, 2020, 08:44 PM
Nov 2020

I thought we hate the "own the lib" politics. Are we going to do revenge too?

JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
3. I just want to continue what Obama was doing
Tue Nov 3, 2020, 08:46 PM
Nov 2020

Which was opening up relations with countries like Cuba or Iran. Trump took us several steps backwards.

dhol82

(9,352 posts)
4. Ummmmm, I think we will have four years to win them over.
Tue Nov 3, 2020, 08:46 PM
Nov 2020

Otherwise, they are unrepentant republicans so, fuck em.

OnDoutside

(19,953 posts)
6. President Obama had already moved to open up Cuba, it's only returning to his policy. The point is
Tue Nov 3, 2020, 08:48 PM
Nov 2020

that they've nothing to lose in doing so...it's not like the Cuban vote was pro Democrat anyway ?

maxsolomon

(33,310 posts)
7. There's no other way forward.
Tue Nov 3, 2020, 08:48 PM
Nov 2020

Normalization of relations with Cuba will anger some, but it is the right thing to do.

It's not revenge. It is accepting reality; they're not getting their grandparent's property back.

Mariana

(14,854 posts)
8. Our policy toward Cuba should be based on what's best for our country.
Tue Nov 3, 2020, 08:49 PM
Nov 2020

That should be the goal regardless of whether it pisses them off more.

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