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What the hey?! Fidel Castro meets with 3 visiting US lawmakers

 
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What the hey?! Fidel Castro meets with 3 visiting US lawmakers
HAVANA – Fidel Castro met Tuesday with three members of the Congressional Black Caucus, the former Cuban president's first meeting with American officials since falling ill in July 2006.

Greg Adams, a spokesman at the U.S. Interests Section in Havana, said Rep. Barbara Lee, a California Democrat, and two other lawmakers met with the ailing, 82-year-old Castro. He did not have further details, nor could he provide the names of the other Americans who attended the meeting.

The meeting appears to underscore the Cuban government's desire for improved relations with the United States under new President Barack Obama.

Adams said he expected the Cuban government to release more information during the nightly newscast on state television.

The bearded former president who has clashed with every U.S. president since Dwight D. Eisenhower has not been seen in public since undergoing emergency intestinal surgery in July 2006. He formally ceded power to his brother Raul, five years his junior, last February.

Lee led a delegation of six Democratic representatives who left Havana Tuesday after a five-day trip designed to encourage dialogue between the United States and Cuba.

The group was traveling and not immediately available to provide details. Reached in Washington, J. Jioni Palmer, a spokesman for the Congressional Black Caucus, said he had not heard of any meeting with the elder Castro.

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Re: What the hey?! Fidel Castro meets with 3 visiting US lawmakers
I heard they met with Raul, not Fidel. Maybe Fidel pooped out of a cake or something.
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Re: What the hey?! Fidel Castro meets with 3 visiting US lawmakers
Either way, members of Congress shouldn't be cavorting with Communist dictators.
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Re: What the hey?! Fidel Castro meets with 3 visiting US lawmakers
maybe you missed the story about how we're trying to improve relations with cuba.
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Re: What the hey?! Fidel Castro meets with 3 visiting US lawmakers
Either way, members of Congress shouldn't be cavorting with Communist dictators.
 Quoting: Guns n' God


Unless they are trading partners..and buy massive amounts of US debt, right?
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Re: What the hey?! Fidel Castro meets with 3 visiting US lawmakers
Either way, members of Congress shouldn't be cavorting with Communist dictators.
 Quoting: Guns n' God

Cavorting is pretty strong. Ever heard of diplomacy?

Or of paying respect to a worthy adversary?
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Either way, members of Congress shouldn't be cavorting with Communist dictators.


Unless they are trading partners..and buy massive amounts of US debt, right?
 Quoting: Benevolent Cannibal™

Different situation.

It's more beneficial for us to not be openly antagonistic towards China.
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Re: What the hey?! Fidel Castro meets with 3 visiting US lawmakers
Either way, members of Congress shouldn't be cavorting with Communist dictators.

Cavorting is pretty strong. Ever heard of diplomacy?

Or of paying respect to a worthy adversary?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 373696

How is Castro worthy of any respect?

Diplomacy is only supposed to be engaged in if another party has something you want.
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Re: What the hey?! Fidel Castro meets with 3 visiting US lawmakers
Either way, members of Congress shouldn't be cavorting with Communist dictators.

Cavorting is pretty strong. Ever heard of diplomacy?

Or of paying respect to a worthy adversary?

How is Castro worthy of any respect?

Diplomacy is only supposed to be engaged in if another party has something you want.
 Quoting: Guns n' God

Castro kept the US tied in knots for 50 years. I don't like it, but I have to respect it.

You may not want anything from Cuba, but a whole bunch of Cuban-Americans do.
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Re: What the hey?! Fidel Castro meets with 3 visiting US lawmakers
Either way, members of Congress shouldn't be cavorting with Communist dictators.

Cavorting is pretty strong. Ever heard of diplomacy?

Or of paying respect to a worthy adversary?

How is Castro worthy of any respect?

Diplomacy is only supposed to be engaged in if another party has something you want.

Castro kept the US tied in knots for 50 years. I don't like it, but I have to respect it.

You may not want anything from Cuba, but a whole bunch of Cuban-Americans do.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 373696


Yeah, they want their large plantations back. You know, the ones Castro seized because they were in cahoots with American Corporations protected by the CIA while they kept the people dirt poor. Bottom line is, Castro managed to get the dark side of America out of his country and returned the land to the people.

God bless the good in America.





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