CUBA: Are YOU Kidding Me?

      I guess Pres. Obama wants to be remembered for some foreign policy accomplishment.  Here's an obvious choice: warm up to the western hemisphere's longest serving dictators- the Castro Brothers-Raul and Fidel.   They've managed to flaunt their roles as kingpins of a little Caribbean nightmare since they overthrew the other island thugs.
      Now, Obama plans to open 1) an Embassy complete with a real ambassador, 2) a trade mission, 3) a financial affairs and banking office, 4) open travel(w/ some restrictions), and I'm sure some baseball diplomacy(those pitchers can throw bullets, eh, fastballs).
     So, is the embargo lifted?  Well, in a word, no.  No free trade just yet.  You see, after the price of oil fell through the toilet, Cuba's biggest sponsors, Russya and Venezuela, have hit a rough patch.  Venezuela, where Cuban advisers have been running around for some time, is about ready to become a major South American failed state.  Crime is rampant and the politicians are clueless.  Chavismo? Oh, please.  Want to run on a populist ticket, give 'em what they want?  Doesn't work too well when your country is bankrupt.  And look at the Kremlin- ready to yell "Uncle".   Oh, we didn't invade Ukraine; it was just a few ethnic Russyians looking for protection from the fascists in Kiev.  Ha.  Go ahead, Mad Vlad, turn off the gas.  Then what?  Sell it to Chechens?  Kazaks?
     Amazing what a little extra oil in the market can do.  Did anybody predict this turn of events?  Well, some oil execs must have known what was on the horizon.  Doesn't take a rocket scientist to add up barrels produced and barrels consumed.  Simple.  And who is producing the surplus?  Obama'Land. Now, the USA is finally a net exporter of energy.   We've arrived where we want to be.  Janet Yellin,  chairwoman of the Federal Reserve, said yesterday that it is a net positive for the economy: keeps inflation in check and provides huge sums of money where needed: in the hands of consumers.
     So, Cuba.  Let's see-they export cigars and, and, and they import everything else.  I listened to a Cuba/Castro apologist on NPR yesterday and it was hard to digest her sympathies.  Sounded like someone saying Hitler did good things for Germany in the '30's.  Really, the things she said were amazing.  Probably never read any history.
     Dr. Kissinger, what is your opinion? And the New York Stock Exchange soared over 400 points today for a 2 day gain over 700, or almost 4%.