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.
About Me
- Brian J. Dunn
- I live and write in Ann Arbor, Michigan. University of Michigan AB and MA from Eastern Michigan University. One term in the Michigan Army National Guard. Former American history instructor and retired nonpartisan research analyst. I write on Blogger and Substack. Various military and private journals have published my occasional articles on military subjects. See "My Published Works" on the TDR web version or under the mobile version drop-down menu for citations and links.
