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Yavin4

(35,421 posts) Wed Mar 23, 2016, 01:38 PM Mar 2016

President Obama was right to continue his Cuba trip

Dropping everything to respond to every terrorist attack sends the wrong message to the terrorists. What they want is to control our behavior and actions through mass violence. Ending a historic event enables and encourages them to do more of it.

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President Obama was right to continue his Cuba trip (Original Post) Yavin4 Mar 2016 OP

Um, yeah, considering he's not the president of Belgium KamaAina Mar 2016 #1

Obama was building a bridge. lpbk2713 Mar 2016 #2

Yep - and the RW hand wringers would have found fault with ANY decision made. blm Mar 2016 #3

Had he cut short his trip 04alsabi Mar 2016 #4

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)

1. Um, yeah, considering he's not the president of Belgium

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Wed Mar 23, 2016, 01:44 PM

Mar 2016

lpbk2713

(42,736 posts)

2. Obama was building a bridge.

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Wed Mar 23, 2016, 01:46 PM

Mar 2016

While Trump, McConnell and all the rest were doing their SOS, building walls.

blm

(113,010 posts)

3. Yep - and the RW hand wringers would have found fault with ANY decision made.

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Wed Mar 23, 2016, 02:24 PM

Mar 2016

04alsabi

(31 posts)

4. Had he cut short his trip

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Wed Mar 23, 2016, 02:44 PM

Mar 2016

...he would no doubt have been condemned by Republicans for 'grandstanding' or trying to 'politicise' the attack. There is absolutely nothing he could have done that would have satisfied Fox and friends.

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