Cuba Labeled A State Sponsor Of Terrorism

Lawyers are begging the Biden administration to finally take Cuba off the state sponsors of terrorism list and put an end to the Cold War for good. Mike Papantonio & Farron Cousins discuss more.

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Lawyers are begging the Biden administration to finally take Cuba off the State Sponsors of Terrorism list and put an end to the Cold War. This has been going on a long time. To preface it, you know, look, these folks that are so dead set against us opening our doors to Cuba. I understand it a little bit. The Batista, okay, Batista before Fidel took over was a terrible dictator. I mean, awful. Murder, you know, he was in with the mob. They had prostitution, they had drugs. It was like the sin capital of the world. But he built all that for his, for himself, because they kept propping him up and propping. All that US money kept propping him up. So, Batista, when he fell a lot of the people that, people lost everything. I mean, the people that came to the US as refugees, they lost their homes. They lost their property. They lost their profession. They lost their businesses, sometimes four generations of business. So you understand why that stays with them.
Yeah.
They're in Miami primarily and South Florida. But you can, I get it. You know, it, it's something to be angry about. But take it to the larger scale analysis, if you would.
Yeah. We, we're so many decades removed from all of that, that we are now looking at a Cuba that is different. Yes, it's still a socialist country. It's still has plenty of problems. But they also have plenty of advancements that we in the US do not have. You know, you and I have sat here and talked about multiple things. One, the fact that for many years now, Cuba has a lung cancer vaccine.
Yeah.
It is illegal for, for a person in the United States to go down to Cuba and get this vaccine. Vaccine is exceptionally effective as well. They're in.
Well, Alzheimer's. Didn't you do a story on Alzheimer's?
Yeah. It's either the stage three or stage four final trials that have shown remarkable reversing of Alzheimer's. All of these major medical advancements happening down there in Cuba, in spite of the fact that we continue to starve them, I mean literally starve them, not just of cash, but of resources. And, and they're still plugging along, doing good things. Again, not perfect by any stretch, but nobody is. But, but they're not terrorists. They're not terrorists.
Farron, I have never seen such resourceful people. If you want to know the truth. I've been down there. It's just, they're, they, they're just so resourceful. They'll take a car that's, my god, 80 years old, keep it running. They'll take electric equipment, electronics and keep it running. But, but the interesting thing is how has this medical, this medical and scientific area for them developed as it has? It's a mystery to me.
Yeah.
You know, because they've been, there's no chance of a, you know, Cuban coming over the US and being educated in one of our elite schools. But they have just, they're the most resilient people I've ever seen. So it is that balancing act. It, you know, again, if I was a, if you were a family member and your entire business had been taken away, your land had been taken away, it had been confiscated. Your uncles were shot, your relatives were shot for, for resisting Fidel, it's not easy to get over that. And, so I guess that's part of the, that's kind of the balance on this story.
And, and you understand it on the personal level for these individuals, but at the same time, for our government in 2023 to still be operating as if we were in 1963.
Yeah.
This makes no sense. We're 60 years past the Cold War.
Well, Obama opened it, as you know, Obama.
Yeah, he did.
He did open it and that idiot Pompeo and Trump came in and closed it because.
So yeah, we had like a year.
Why? Because they're idiots, you know?

[michaelhewitt]

About 2015 or 16
I worked with a Woman who went to Cuba
For her vacation
She had a friend living there
She told me
That the Cubans were driving cars from the 50's and 60's
And they looked brand new

[CelticVinnlander]

The fact that Cuba, with its dilapidated economy & infrastructure, can research, develop & implement drugs for cancer & Alzheimer's isn't just a testament to their adaptability & ingenuity. It's a criticism & judgment of American pharmaceutical companies with resources, budgets & staff that DWARF Cuba, and still don't have the drugs & treatments millions need. Corporate greed has no limits.

[lazzyfare]

Yeah all the criminal Cubans fled to America when Bautista did and are now just wealthy republicans living in Florida. The Cuban people still on the island are great people and don't deserve any of the shabby treatment we put on them.

[johnnyfreedom]

My Uncle married a Cuban princess, her father owned the largest cattle ranch in Cuba. Castro took everything and my aunt and uncle got out late at night on a private plane with a suitcase full of dirty clothes. I have three cuban-american cousins today that have never seen their home country. Today's Cuba is not the Cuba of old! We should open relations immediately and bring them out of the Dark Ages!

[taravaotahiti]

Thank you so much Mike and Farron for doing another great video about this subject.

[TheBluepacker]

I have never heard of these lung cancer vaccine or the treatment for Alzheimer's either! This is unbelievable! We need those treatments hear! The USA is so pathetic treating Cuba like crap! We need to change this!

[Fate]

I mean, we REALLY should... we are holding Cuba on this list because of ONE guy?!

[tylerhackner]

We need to re-establish relations with Cuba

[bigfathen]

The common people of Cuba have suffered enough by the hands of the United States, just like I had nothing to do with slavery most of them had nothing to do with “the bay of pigs”, we should treat them like we want to be treated

[margaretcox]

And Florida has one of the most narrowminded backward mindset. Can this be contributing with some of Florida's overall problems?? I often think so.

[Arational]

My family had their land stolen by revolutionaries and just escaped with their lives from Marblehead Mass.

[ovidiumiinea]

Is it based on real stuff or just who doesn't like capitalism?

[vedranknight]

Well, the fact that Cuba is demonstrating that socialism can work and thrive, even under duress, is terrifying to wealthy capitalists...

[matthewwelsh]

And yet the clueless government loves Saudi Arabia 🤦‍♂ 🤦‍♂

[annem]

They can't feed their people. It has gotten worse over the past 5 years. My neighbors are from Cuba. Went back to see family for 2 weeks, returned after 4 days. No food to find even w/the US cash with them. Previous trip (3yrs) they were able to buy mattresses for the famlies.

[carolgibson-wilson]

And they produce sugar not fructose. We want sugar in our desserts, soda, etc. Fructose is bad for us.

[scbunn]

should would like to be able to get some Havana Club 3 Year...

[johnrogers]

With Cuba supporting Putin, now might not be the best time to talk about it.

[khon]

idk Cuba's history, they call che Guevara revolutionist idk what he did but he had a high regard for medical cause thaw was his background