Cubans take to the streets for the biggest anti-government protests in decades

[Sapient Donkey]

15. I would think it's in the US' interest to normalize relations with Cuba

We have China continuously growing its economy and global influence. There seems to be an attempt on both sides of the pacific to decouple the US and Chinese economies. Which I would think only increases the chances of direct and indirect conflict. I'm just a dummy on the internet, but I think that Cuba would be a prime place for China to exert power near the US, and perhaps to use as leverage when it comes to US support of Taiwan. Not to mention it gives the Cuban government a good boogeyman to point to whenever bad things happen, and it's hard to dispute because it's not totally incorrect. I fail to see the benefit of continuing the embargo against Cuba, but it's easy to see the many drawbacks.

I recall that when Obama had his visit to Cuba there were two groups that seemed to have the most issues with it. The obvious being the republicans who would be against anything Obama did, and also some people on the far-far-left who were concerned about it leading to Cuba changing. I thought that was interesting at the time.