Despite complaints from older Cuban Americans and certain Republican politicians, I think Obama is correct in engaging Cuba. It reminds me of Nixon opening up China. I think very few people today think that was a mistake. China is still communist today and Cuba may be communist in the foreseeable future. But I think it is better for the U.S. and the world that China is prosperous today. The same thing if Cuba's economical condition improves and Cubans and Americans have a lot more exchanges. Let's put it this way, 50 plus years of sanctions and isolation have not worked. It is time for a new approach.
The good thing about the Sony hacking scandal is that it wakes us up about how vulnerable we are in this age of the internet. The smallest and weakest country can potentially hurt us with a cyber attack. I don't think that Iran and North Korea will ever launch a nuclear attack against us, knowing that a retaliation by us will mean the end of them. But cyber attacks are real. Why spend money on training physicists, obtaining uranium and finding ways to launch a nuclear bomb when you can train bunch of hackers and cause great damage?
Here are my predictions for Big Ten bowl games:
Illinois, Rutgers, MSU, Minnesota, Iowa winners. Maryland, Nebraska, OSU, Wisconsin losers. So that makes 5-4. LA Times have Big Ten at 2-5. The odds makers have even less faith. All nine teams are underdogs! So I think I am really going out on the limb here.
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