You Write That The Policy Is Stupid; You Could Have Changed The Policy... That Defines Stupid.

14 November 2018

9:43 am

Twitter

@brhodes 

Ben Rhodes: 

“There is zero reason to believe these sanctions will change the Cuban government. There is a 100 percent certainty that the US embargo is hurting the Cuban people. What a sick and stupid policy.”

Mr. Ben Rhodes, Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Communications at the National Security Council (NSC) during the Obama Administration. 

Response: 

On 11/14/18, Ben Rhodes @brhodes wrote about Cuba “What a sick and stupid policy.”  Policy can be changed- Obama Administration could have permitted direct correspondent banking, more agricultural imports and reduced financial restrictions.  It didn’t.  That was stupid policy.