There is no big deal about a hand shake, especially at an event like that.
Hell I would even shake your hand, I would wear a rubber glove but I woyld sahke your hand. ....And no one is having a hissy fit about it excet you in your failed effort to get people to believe your lies and bullshit. You're Welcome 2014 - GOP house and Senate
President Obama "shook the hand of Cuban President Raul Castro at Nelson Mandela's memorial service -- the first time the leaders of the two countries long at odds have had any contact," McClatchy reports.
"The brief greeting came as Obama made his way to the podium, past the VIP seating section of the soccer stadium. Castro appeared to speak to Obama, who acknowledged Castro and the encounter left Castro beaming, even as Obama moved over to warmly greet Brazil's president, Dilma Rouseff with a kiss on the cheek."
Well, it's about damn time the US started talking to Cuba. If we really want to see change there, we can't accomplish it by ignoring them. It will be painful to listen to all the faux right wing outrage that will come. Just curious, if Obama were to shake hands with Pope Francis, would that make the Pope Muslim or would it make Obama Marxist? Or is it the other way around? I'm so confused!
First, I am not talking about the merits of whether we should or should not talk to or boycott Cuba. I am only commenting on a double standard that is particularly ironic at this exact time.
A lot of people say that we can't change Cuba unless we engage them, end the boycott, and try to change them with diplomacy and economic ties.
I just find it ironic that anything along these lines is suggested during the time of the funeral of Mandela.
The theory at that time was boycott, minimal (if any) ties, isolate until the regime collapses.
I would like to ask Mandela's ghost if he supports boycotts in principl
Obama really wanted a danish pastry, more specifically a blonde Danish Prime Minister. Wow, picking up white women at a funeral with your wife right next to you. Now that takes some balls. I think Obama has a bit of Tiger Woods in him. Hope he didn't bring his 3 iron with him. Michelle looked a little pissed off.
I believe he did it to shore up his base. His approval ratings are plummeting and in his style of doing things he made a friendly gesture to Raul Castro , a known homosexual. Yes Raul Castro has a family however it was forced upon him by Fidel to save face. His daughter is a strong supporter of gay marriage and gay rights in Cuba and she has spoken internationally on the subject several times.
A truth about the Castro brothers which may make you think twice about applauding Mr. Obama's actions . Fidel killed for business if you will. Raul kills for the pure pleasure of it. He enjoys watching people be tortured to death and has done it himself on more than one occasion.
He is a sick and twisted sociopathic killer. This is the person Mr. Obama chummed up to yesterday
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