It seems that in Obama’s last moments as a ‘lame duck’ president he is doing things which should have been done decades ago.
But, is it wrong to also criticise him for NOTdoing these things during his first 6 years as president??
‘…And after a careful review of Cuba’s record, which was informed by the intelligence community as well as insurance – excuse me – assurances provided by the Cuban Government, the Secretary of State concluded that Cuba met the conditions for rescinding its designation as a state sponsor of terrorism and forwarded that recommendation – the Secretary of State forwarded that recommendation to the President last week and recommended he submit to Congress the statutorily required report and certification. Today, this afternoon, the President submitted to Congress that required report and certification indicating the Administration’s intent to rescind Cuba’s designation as a state sponsor of terrorism….’
via Background Briefing on the Report Required To Rescind Cuba's State Sponsor of Terrorism Status.
But, Obama reassured the Military-Industrial Complex and endless war establishment by declaring Venezuela a national security threat to the United States of America. #wtf
‘…US President Barack Obama has issued an executive order declaring Venezuela a national security threat, and placed sanctions on seven officials….’
via Al Jazeera English
video from Venezuela’s TeleSur english language TV channel