Why seek a new beginning with Cuba?

"The United States seeks a new beginning with Cuba," President Obama said at the Summit of the Americas opening ceremony. "I know there is a longer journey that must be traveled to overcome decades of mistrust, but there are critical steps we can take toward a new day."

Obama repeated the kind of remarks toward the Castro regime of Cuba that he made during his campaign for the presidency. Cuba was the only country in the region not represented at the weekend gathering of nations. As leaders of the Americas gathered for a summit in this Caribbean nation, the head of the Organization of American States even said he'll ask his group to invite Cuba back after 47 years.

It really would be nice if everyone could come together, make So'mores and sing Cum Baya. But some of us have a little problem with remembering why there was a problem in the first place. And we are also the same ones who have a little problem with the current administration's attitude of seeming to overlook what they don't want to see.

According to the Tehran Times :"At the fifth Summit of the Americas beginning later this week, where one of the aims is said to be “securing human prosperity”, the focus will be on what, if any, dialogue takes place between Raul Castro and President Obama. It is high time that hostile rhetoric and a juvenile embargo are brought to a swift end."

Some of us remember that the Castro regime means Communist Cuba and the reason for the ' juvenile embargo'. And we have difficulty accepting a communist regime. We also have these things called scrupples that make it a little hard for us to swallow the spoonfuls of crap that are being fed to us.

A senior administration official said the president wanted to focus on the future.
"His expectation is that these debates of the past can remain that, debates of the past and that the leaders can take advantage of this opportunity to focus on what they can do in the future to advance the interests of all the people of the hemisphere."http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/04/18/obama-endures-ortega-diatribe/

Does that include the political prisoners of the Castro regime that have been in prison for these last 50 years? Do they remain in the past? How do you overlook that? How do you stand tall as an American when you deal with a government like the Castro regime ?

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