It’s a foreign policy move considered so weak it’s practically unprecedented. And President Barack Obama’s administration may be just days from executing it and humiliating America on the world stage.
According to a report from the Associated Press, the Obama Administration may not even try to stop the United Nations from issuing a formal condemnation of America’s long-standing trade embargo against Cuba.
This could be read as a slap in the face to our military, who so bravely stopped the communist plot to install nuclear weapons on the island during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.
U.S. officials said that the Obama administration is considering abstaining from the annual U.N. General Assembly vote on a Cuban-backed resolution demanding that the embargo be lifted. The vote could come next month.
No final decision has yet been made, said four administration officials who weren’t authorized to speak publicly on sensitive internal deliberations and demanded anonymity. But merely considering an abstention is unprecedented. Following through on the idea would send shock waves through both the United Nations and Congress.
It is unheard of for a U.N. member state not to oppose resolutions critical of its own laws.
By not opposing the resolution, Obama would be effectively siding with the world body against the US Congress, which has refused to repeal the embargo despite calls from Obama to do so.
Presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio, who is Cuban-American, said that by abstaining, Obama would be “putting international popularity ahead of the national security and foreign policy interests of the United States.” The embargo, he said, denies money to a dictatorship that can be used to further oppression.
The American officials said the U.S. will consider abstaining if the wording of the resolution is different from previous years. The administration is open to discussing revisions with the Cubans and others, they added, something American diplomats have never done before.
Obama has urged Congress to scrap the 54-year-old embargo since December, when he announced that Washington and Havana would normalize diplomatic relations. The two countries re-opened embassies last month, and Obama has chipped away at U.S. restrictions on trade and travel to Cuba, using executive orders. But the embargo stands.
An abstention could have political ramifications in the United States, beyond the presidential race.
In Congress, where top GOP lawmakers have refused to entertain legislation to end the embargo, any action perceived as endorsing U.N. criticism of the United States could provoke anger — even among supporters of the administration’s position.
The U.S. officials, however, said the Obama administration believes accepting international condemnation could send a powerful signal to Congress and the world of Obama’s commitment to end the embargo.
The Associated Press contributed to this report
If memory serves, the Cuban Missile Crises was in 1962. President Kennedy was shot in the Summer of ’63.
I think JFK would really be disappointed that his beloved daughter supported the likes of Obama.
No Molly, I think you are wrong, he would be very proud of his daughter, he is probably cheering her on from heaven.
No Salinas, you are wrong…JFK was a real American, and would not have stood for what’s going on today. He’s rolling in his grave about his daughters support!!!
Kennedy was assasinated on November 22, 1963.
President Obama has been a reliable voice against America throughout his presidency. The people who put this clown into office should be ashamed of themselves. It’s sad that the Democrats are reduced to presidential candidates who hate our nation and work for its downfall.
I think you are a little confused and have your statement flipped. The republicans have done nothing good for our country.
Blah blah blah to the dems…non-americans…Chicago, Detroit…not Republicans, always democRATS
Both the democrats, and republicans are bought and payed for oil company,drug company, and aluminum can company stooges, they don’t work for us, we have a capitalist gov.
I guess you haven’t heard of Jesus having an army to fight the Antichrist Gov. are you going to be in Jesus’s army? The antichrist gov. is our US gov. run by the greedy company’s that are destroying our world
I ask people What caused this economic depression? no one can tell me, well do you know? high gas prices did, when the price of gas goes up so does the price of everything else, and the only thing that will bring us out of this depression is free energy , so force the auto company’s to make only water to hydrogen cars and trucks and conversion kits to change the pieces of junk fuel injected, and diesel trucks to run on hydrogen with switches to shut off the fuel injectors, and the fuel pump, don’t do this now and the economy will collapse soon, when our bought and payed capitalist Gov. goes bankrupt Tell every one not to buy a new car, and tell them to tell others, tell them they must do both. Don’t buy a new car, or truck.,
Cancer society’s are not doing any research, because they found cures for cancer way back in the 1930’s, and you won’t be giving them any money if they come out with a cure, they are the biggest mass murders, and you are paying them to kill you with chemo, and surgery, they can’t make any money curing you, catch 22, the best cure for cancer is in a book Encyclopedia of healing Juices, by John Heinerman, page 141 under Grape/ raisin juice, a man diagnosed with cancer didn’t do the murdering chemo, he buckled down and eat his fruits and vegetables, and killed all of his cancer, red fruits and vegetables, have a substance called lycopene that will kill cancer, and keep you from getting cancer, pore nutrient is what causes cancer, and a host of other illnesses so eat your fruits and vegetables, with your meat. a good balanced diet.
#1 cause of Alzheimer’s is aluminum poisoning, take all cookware to recycling, and don’t buy anything in aluminum cans, spread the word to every one, when we stop buying they will have to make iron cans, and cookware, so spread the word and tell those you tell to spread the word also. #2 cause is iodine deficiency, that cause’s bipolar, schizophrenia, depression, suicides, eat fish, and yogurt 2 to 3 times a week spacing them out every 2 to 3 days, because iodine will be depleted out of your body in 2 to 3 days
The flu shots have been tested out to have 25 mg of mercury per shot, they tested to have formaldehyde, ethylene glycol ( anti freeze ) and aluminum the #1cause of Alzheimer’s, ADD and ADHD, .The drug company’s pills are coated with aluminum oxide, they are slowly making you brain dead zombies, to give you a strong immune system from the flu, colds, and a host of other germs, and bacteria, you want to get Garlic, powder, and or minced and season with a little almost every day, all nutrients will be depleted out of your body in two to three days so you need a little almost every day, a garlic container should last a person 8 to 10 months.
Diabetes is one of the biggest medical scams, it can be cured with a little cinnamon almost every day, like iodine it will be depleted in 2 to 3 days, so a little almost every other day will keep your blood sugar level normal .
There’s a 200 mile per gallon carburetor sitting in the patient office collecting dust bought up by the oil company’s, Volkswagen has a 264 miles per gallon diesel but it’s not coming here, tell everyone not to buy any new car that gets less than 40 miles per gallon, and tell those you tell to tell others, continuing to tell everyone and we will boycott the making of these pieces of junk low mileage cars and trucks, and force the auto company’s to make kits to run cars on Hydrogen from water electrolyzer producing all the hydrogen with the alternator on your car / truck this is possible with two switches to shut off the fuel pump, and fuel injectors to change these pieces of junk cars, and trucks to hydrogen. boycott the auto company’s tell everyone, and tell them to continue telling people don’t buy a new car, or truck, also tell everyone to boycott aluminum cans , and cookware, they autopsied alzheimer’s patients and found aluminum nodules on the front lobes of their brains, aluminum poisoning also causes ADD, ADHD , and a host of other mental illness, also they found out that Iodine deficiency causes schizophrenia, bi-polar, depression, suicide, so eat fish 2 to 3 times a week, or take iodine pills every 2 to 3 days
wwhhaatt????? Crazy, gone…
Mr. Bryce is telling U the truth!!! Better listen!
How about citing where you obtained all your facts.
Obbey embarrasses every where he goes…Move along, nothing new here.
We need to pull the U.S. out of the U.N. and kick the U.N. out of the U.S. And while we’re at it, lets send Barrack and his band of thugs with the U.N.
Hussein Obama no longer speaks for anywhere near the majority of rational citizens anymore and he is worthless…its too bad we can’t stop him from pulling his socialist antics on the world stage just to bring down America a little more. Its a shame that we can’t get him out of America, since he and his darling wife hate it so much, before his term is up. I know I’m sick and tired of his action/ non-actions of a man and position that is supposed to love and protect America. He degrades America, want to end her so his Socialist friends and Muslims can take us over.
To Bryce: Good post! But you forgot to mention about iodine – that it helps your thyroid work properly to fight off those bad things that get into our bodies!
He did tell U about iodine deficiency and what it causes. I’m dealing with some of these issues now, and have researched the natural line and it has changed my situation immensley. He is RIGHT!!!
No strategy, people in intelligence deliberately misleading the public, millions of dollars wasted training so called moderates who are actually the enemy, and we thought Watergate was a scandal! Nixon’s crimes seem almost juvenile in comparison to the Foreign Policy Catastrophes negotiated by the Three Stooges Obama, Hilary, and Kerry and of course the other Walking Brain Deads who share the same Neo Marxist Multicultural Fantasy . Well at least Ahmed the Clock Dissector will remember the glory days of the Obama administration!
While the thousands of murdered Christian Martyrs whose blood is on his hands, will be comforted and rewarded by the Holy Trinity for all Eternity!
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