What do Cuba and Iran have in common? Well… let’s see. Both are authoritarian countries headed by aging dictators; both claim revolutionary ideologies; both have…

Source: foreignpolicy.com

"What we’re witnessing is a president who has now done a three-for — climate change; immigration reform; and Cuba — basically on his own, and gotten away with it. And he’s received kudos from the media, his own party, and much of the public. In doing so he’s stressed the system and pissed a lot of people off, but in his own mind he’s acted both on his own principles and on what he believes is the national interest. The Chinese and Cuban initiatives were relatively uncomplicated compared with dealing with the Iranian nuclear issue. But look out: Obama is now unchained and determined to score his biggest legacy yet — a deal with those savvy Iranian mullahs. Let’s just hope that the president gets a lot more from the Iranian deal than he got from the Castros."

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