Normalizing relations with Cuba may well be a true national security plus for the United States, as the Castro brothers will not live forever, and so their tyranny over the Cuban people may soon be left to the ash bin of history. Being but 90 miles from Florida, Cuba would seem to be a nation that will be susceptible to the civilizing influences of American culture, ideals and life styles. Of course, mere proximity will achieve none of these worthy objectives for us or the millions of freedom seeking Cubans should this Obama Administration opening of Cuba be done without out the exchange of value for the immense value given in lifting the half century embargo and isolation of that tiny island.
Possibly the most crucial value that America must obtain from the Cuban government is its repudiation of being a safe haven for terrorists, criminals and fugitives from justice. It will serve our national security little if civilian avenues of travel from Cuba to the United States are made routine were those daily airline flights and cruise vessels visits to be unfettered access for attacks upon America.
This proposition gets us to the title star of this blog post - Assata Shakur, a.k.a. Joanne Chesimard. And make no mistake, she is deemed to be a superstar in anti-American circles. She is treated as royalty in her adopted home of Havana, Cuba, living there free as a (jail)bird since 1986.
Why should the status of one such person constitute a determinate as to whether the United States will help convert Cuba into a nation welcome in the broader community of civilization? The reason that Ms. Chesimard is the "canary in the coal mine" is because New Jersey State Trooper, Werner Foerster, was viciously executed by Ms. Chesimard firing two shots at point blank range into his head in 1972 along the Turnpike near East Brunswick. Chesimard was convicted of this henious crime in 1977, sentenced to life in prison, plus 33 years (to assure no possibility of parole), escaped to Cuba several years later where she was welcomed with open arms by the Castros who immediately granted her political asylum. Her guilt of the murder of Werner Foerster has never been contested, either by her or Cuba's murderous dictators.
Should Cuba want normalized relations with the United States, it is incontestable that it is normal for nations having such diplomatic, commercial, and all other normal interactions to not harbor confessed police killers. Any normalization with the Castros must include the return of Chesimard to New Jersey's justice system.
President Obama is now facing grave doubts in America regarding his trust and depth of support for our nation's police. Does he truly believe that they constitute an occupying force needing to be resisted by the folks, or does he believe that they are called upon to put their lives at risk every single day they get into their police cars?
Leading means making choices, Mr. President: whose side are you on - Werner Foerster's or Assata Sharkur's? This will be a telling moment for our President - will he stand for American justice or will he act stupidly?
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