It was nine years ago (December 17, 2014) that President Barack Obama chose to establish formal relations with the Communist dictatorship in Cuba, claiming the step was aimed at improving the lives of the subjugated Cuban people. “The United States wants to be a partner in making the lives of ordinary Cubans a little bit easier, more free, more prosperous,” Obama promised.
Instead of worrying that Obama was handing a much-needed and undeserved lifeline to the decades-long Castro dictatorship, the liberal media applauded the “historic” decision. “A momentous day,” NBC’s Brian Williams proclaimed in a noontime special report. “Something tumbled down that has been in place for half a century.”
“Tonight, a seismic shift in U.S. foreign policy,” fill-in host Norah O’Donnell echoed on the CBS Evening News that night,…
