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By CATHERINE THOMPSON Published DECEMBER 17, 2014, 11:05 AM EST
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) on Wednesday slammed a deal that released captive USAID contractor Alan Gross in exchange for three Cubans jailed in the United States for spying, branding President Barack Obama as potentially the "worst negotiator" in the history of the nation.
"At a minimum, I would say this. Barack Obama is the worst negotiator that we've had as President since at least Jimmy Carter, and maybe in the history of this country," he said on Fox News' "America's Newsroom."
Rubio, whose parents emigrated to the U.S. from Cuba, said he was glad Gross would be reunited with his family. But he added that the prisoner exchange would set a "very dangerous precedent."
"It puts a price on every American abroad," he said. "Governments now know that if they take an American hostage, they can get very significant successions from the U.S."
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madokie
(51,076 posts)and the bottle of water he floated in on
Blue_Adept
(6,393 posts)But to me, and many, he'll always be...
oldandhappy
(6,719 posts)Remember Israel and Egypt????
Or are you just snip snip snip because Jeb beat you to the announcement???
kelliekat44
(7,759 posts)Paladin
(28,243 posts)bigdarryl
(13,190 posts)Only old ass Cubans who came here from the 1960's care about still keeping the embargo on Cuba
polichick
(37,152 posts)napkinz
(17,199 posts)Takket
(21,529 posts)The fundamental difference that Rubio is too inexperienced and ignorant to understand is that Obama was in favor of normalizing relations with Cuba but would only do so if the prisoner was released. There is no desire to normalize relations with ISIS or Al Qaeda so no similar deal is going to be offered if they take a hostage. Rubio doesn't understand the chicken and egg of this situation. The President is taking the LEAD in this situation by offering something in our interest (and Cuba's). The President is not going to offer any concessions to groups that are NOT in our interest whether they have a hostage or not.
bluestateguy
(44,173 posts)with Republicans in Congress, that is.