GOP REP. BACKS KERRY INTO A CORNER OVER OBAMA SHAKING THE ‘BLOODY HAND OF A RUTHLESS DICTATOR LIKE RAUL CASTRO’
While attending the late Nelson Mandela’s memorial service in South Africa on Tuesday, President Barack Obama engaged in a reportedly spontaneous handshake with Cuban dictator Raul Castro. The White House downplayed the exchange, but Republicans were quick to criticize the move.
Secretary of State John Kerry was backed into a corner during a congressional hearing on Tuesday by Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.), who blasted the president for shaking the “bloody hand” of someone like Castro.
“Mr. Secretary, sometimes a handshake is just a handshake, but when the leader of the free world shakes the bloody hand of a ruthless dictator like Raul Castro, it becomes a propaganda coup for the tyrant. Castro uses that hand to sign the orders to repress and jail democracy advocates,” the congresswoman lectured. More
Really, really a stupid move and comment by the Congresswoman.
ReplyDeleteIt was a funeral for a man who preached reconciliation. It was the right thing to do.
ReplyDeleteIt is time we grew up about Cuba.
ReplyDeleteObama won't notice the blood on his hands. Tthere is too much of it already there...
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