MILESTONE? – AT 10:57 A.M. ET:  As we mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, a victory over tyranny, we note that the United States will re-open its embassy in Havana today, a surrender to tyranny.  From Fox: 

Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday was to mark the historic re-opening of the U.S. Embassy in Havana after a half-century-long freeze, amid lingering tensions between the two countries and deep concern among anti-Castro lawmakers in Washington.

"There will be hiccups along the way, but it's a start," Kerry acknowledged, speaking briefly to reporters en route to the ceremony.

Cuban-American lawmakers in Washington fumed over Friday's ceremony. As Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., blasted the administration's deals with Iran and Cuba in a New York speech, Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., issued a scathing statement citing the continuing human rights problems on the island.

"This is a one-sided deal that is a win for the Cuban regime and a loss for the Cuban people," Menendez said. "The U.S. Embassy in Havana will be a hollow one. ... It will be diplomacy for show, not in practice. The United States' flag should only fly in Cuba when the island is free, when dissent is embraced, and when democracy is restored."

In a reminder of the rocky road ahead, Fidel Castro said in a newspaper column on the eve of the ceremony that the U.S. owes the island "numerous millions of dollars" for damages caused by the embargo. Americans, too, also want to resolve billions of dollars in half-century-old claims over property confiscated after the Cuban revolution.

COMMENT:  A typical Obama deal.  Human freedom meant nothing.

August 14, 2015