CNN Fareed Zakaria GPS December 21, 2014 18:42:00
A soviet or russian strategic outpost and the existing policy has not worked for 50 years. the administration is making a bet that interacting with cuba is more likely to bring about a more open cuba than isolating it. it's not a bad bet. if it works, it's a success. if it doesn't work we still have the safety valve of the embargo in place. i think it's a justifiable move, and there's a decent chance it actually will set in motion a dynamic that the cuban government won't be able to stop. it's one of the positive effects by the way of the lower oil prizes. the fact that venezuela is not going ...