So Raul Castro is Doomed?

I wouldn't worry about President Obama shaking the hand of Cuba's Raul Castro at Nelson Mandela's memorial service in South Africa.

These days, Saudi Arabia is deeply concerned that we might pivot to Iran and leave Saudi Arabia exposed to Iranian nuclear-backed might in the future.

And President Obama bowed to their king early in his time in office.

It's clearly safer to be our enemy than our friend.

So notwithstanding that hand shake, Raul Castro can look forward to some uncomfortable moments as a collapsing Venezuela ends financial support to Cuba in the not-so-distant future.