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This week’s Mainstream Media Scream features MSNBC host Ed Schultz comparing President Obama’s decision to open relations with Cuba with former President Reagan’s demand to Moscow that it tear down the Berlin Wall.
On Dec. 17, Schultz reacted to Obama’s decision to open relations with socialist Cuba, saying, “Isn’t this Barack Obama’s ‘Tear down this wall, Mr. Castro’ — that kind of a moment?”
At the time of Reagan’s comment, the U.S. was still in the Cold War, which Reagan won when the Soviet Union crumbled under the weight of pro-democracy efforts. Cuba has shown no policy change leading to Obama’s decision.
Said Schultz: “Isn’t this Barack Obama’s ‘Tear down this wall, Mr. Castro’ — that kind of a moment? I mean, if change can take place with the Soviet Union, why can’t it take place with the Cuban people here? And so, there’s going to be American influence — there’s going to be American influence which is the best highway to convincing people, as I think — totally different from what we’ve had over the last 54 years.”