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That have thawed? >> well, i think the obama administration's goal by opening up cuba was the hope that this will somehow liberalize the regime. cuba will be on a path to a pro market orientation, less hostile to the united states and eventually fall into a kind of pro western orbit. you can say this is wishful thinking or utopianism. i think it was a bit wishy-washy not enough on the human rights abuses. castro's pro soviet tilt, which nearly brought the united states to the brink of world war iii in the 1960's. he was careful to address his remarks to the cuban people and said history is goi...