{"id":297202,"date":"2021-07-12T21:53:28","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T18:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/joe-bidens-reaction-to-cuban-protests-has-been-a-disgrace\/"},"modified":"2021-07-12T21:53:28","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T18:53:28","slug":"joe-bidens-reaction-to-cuban-protests-has-been-a-disgrace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/joe-bidens-reaction-to-cuban-protests-has-been-a-disgrace\/","title":{"rendered":"#Joe Biden’s reaction to Cuban protests has been a disgrace"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Joe Biden’s reaction to Cuban protests has been a disgrace<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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The initial Biden administration response to the mass rallies for freedom that took place across Cuba on Sunday was a disgrace. <\/p>\n

As Cubans took to the streets defying the Communist regime\u2019s totalitarian police, a senior State Department official tweeted that the administration viewed the protests as merely a result of unhapp<\/a>iness \u201cabout rising COVID cases\/deaths\u201d in the island country.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s pure bunk. The slogans shouted by thousands who risked imprisonment or worse were about an end to the Communist dictatorship installed in the 1950s. \u201cFreedom!\u201d \u201cEnough!\u201d they cried.<\/p>\n

The starvation and shortages that have outraged demonstrators are a direct result of the regime\u2019s policies and repression. Some blame the lack of tourism because of the pandemic. But that money was largely funneled to an unaccountable and brutal government, not its long-suffering citizens.<\/p>\n

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Plainclothes police officers detain a person during government protests, amid the coronavirus outbreak, in Havana, Cuba.<\/figcaption>
REUTERS\/Stringer<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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President Biden said the United States \u201cstands with the Cuban people and their clarion call for freedom.\u201d<\/figcaption>
REUTERS\/Stringer<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Police stand guard near the National Capitol building in Havana, Cuba, following the protests on July 11, 2021.<\/figcaption>
Ismael Francisco\/AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

That State Department reaction is in line with the Biden foreign policy team\u2019s embrace of every bad policy produced by the Obama administration and its revulsion for anything that happened under President Donald Trump. As was the case with the dangerous nuclear deal with Iran, Obama\u2019s ending of the US embargo on Cuba was based on the foolish belief that doing so would produce more liberalization. It didn\u2019t, and Trump was right to re-impose the sanctions.<\/p>\n

Finally, on Monday, Biden issued a statement echoing those previously made by both Republicans and Democrats the day before, saying America \u201cstands with the Cuban people and their clarion call for freedom.\u201d That\u2019s a good start. But given the regime\u2019s efforts to mobilize its supporters to attack protesters and blaming the country\u2019s problems on American policies, Biden will need to do more than that.<\/p>\n

America doesn\u2019t need to intervene in Cuba. But Biden must resist the inevitable push from the left and the foreign policy establishment to aid Cuba\u2019s Communist government in order to restore the \u201ccalm\u201d that the State Department wants. We need to stand up for the protesters.<\/p>\n

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A senior State Department official wrote that the Biden administration viewed the protests as a result of Cubans\u2019 unhappiness \u201cabout rising COVID cases\/deaths.\u201d<\/span>Evan Vucci\/AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The demonstrations prove that any move toward resuming relations or economic ties to Cuba must be directly tied to democratic and economic reforms that will end Communist rule. Anything less than that means consigning Cuba\u2019s people to more decades of misery under a failed tyranny.<\/p>\n

Jonathan S. Tobin is editor-in-chief of JNS.org. Follow him on Twitter<\/a>: @jonathans_tobin<\/em>\n <\/div>\n

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