We better keep our eyes open

One other thing we need to watch out for during the Georgia/Russian conflict is something that Putin said recently was he thought that Russia should renew their Cuban/Soviet alliances. Now that would be trouble. All we need is Cuba, Russia, and I bet good old Hugo would join the party to be plotting things right in our backyard.

We could diffuse that whole problem by normalizing relations with Cuba. It is time to get over Fidel and our Bay of Pigs fiasco. There is nothing more the Cuban people want than to have normalized relations with the U.S. The Cuban embargo has to be one of the dumbest policies we have. How can we justify this policy when we do all the business we do with China? Oh yea, I forgot it is about money. We stand to gain nothing from Cuba like we gain from China. We have nothing to fear from Cuba as long as we keep Russia from going back to Havana.

I find it interesting all this happening during the presidential election and when our troops are stretched as thin as possible. The Russians are seeing us as being weak and attempting to put the screws to us.

We are in some deep trouble. We better be picking our friends very carefully.