I still do not understand what the US might get out of this in 2023.
No idea what Israel’s interest is.
They are essentially popularity contests.
I imagine in this case, usa has recently given israel a ton of support in its time of need so they want to be positive towards its interests.
Continued support from us for them to do their ethnic cleansing.
> The Cuban–American lobby is usually seen to be anti-Castro and recognizing the Cuban government as repressive, although it has become much more moderate since the late 1990s. However, the most influential organizations and politicians within the political sector of the lobby are still conservative. They advocate for punitive maintenance of the embargo unless Cuba privatizes its economy.[2][3] The most notable organization with this viewpoint is the Cuban American National Foundation. Other organizations advocate for an easing or lifting of the embargo before or regardless of whether Cuba changes its government structure and policies.
I imagine the money doesn't simply go poof when people die.
I thought everybody knew this about Cubans in Florida
its a stealing contest for five hundred years !
They associate Cuba with the left wing (here meaning, all things left of center): Cuba is and has been run by Communists, people left of center such as Obama have advocated recinding the embargo, etc.
Therefore, the reactionary right is against ending the embargo. They would change that tomorrow if it somehow suited their political agenda, and people in the center and left would call them hypocrites. They aren't hypocrites; their policy is inconsistent but that is not their aim. Their politics are consistent - extremely consistent.
That said, it's interesting to note that 3 active senators, and 2 outstanding voices of the right, are all Cuban American and children of Cuban immigrants who came over during the Cuban Revolution themselves:
- Ted Cruz
- Marco Rubio
- Bob Menendez
Could you say more? I mean, that response is ironically the extreme of simple. :)
Though that's less "the US", and more "politicians in the US".
So obama ended the wet foot dry foot policy and made it so cubans who made it to fl is no different than someone crossing the mexian border from another country illegally.
Cuba is still a dictatorship and I'm not sure about fully normalizing all relations, but the embargo seems dumb. It's not like we don't have lots of trade with other autocracies too.
And, yes, it's absolutely stupid and self-harming at this point. But it's very important to a constituency in a swing state, to whom the issue is likely important enough that they will punish whichever party makes a serious effort to abolish it, and reward their opponents, regardless of their views on other issues.
Ironically as florida becomes solid red, the cubans in FL would no longer have leverage to flip and the current white house party can then proceed with normalizing relations.