Fidel pulled a Jedi mind meld on Obama to lift sanctions and help fund the cause.
Via WFB
U.S. officials are considering removing Cuba from a list of state sponsors of terrorism, even as Cuban allies continue to launch military attacks and trade for weapons.
As part of President Barack Obama’s announcement in December that he would normalize relations with Cuba, Obama instructed Secretary of State John Kerry to review Cuba’s terror designation and issue a report in six months.
While reports indicate that the administration is leaning toward removing Cuba from the terror list, such an action would conflict with the Cuban regime’s support for Colombian militants, Iran, and North Korea.
Cuban President Raul Castro and his government have been hosting peace talks since 2012 between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), a communist insurgency that has battled the Colombian military since the 1960s in a conflict claiming 200,000 deaths. U.S. diplomatic cables leaked in 2010 revealed that Cuba had harbored FARC militants and formed close ties with the group’s political wing.[…]
Cuba remains a close ally of Iran and has helped it develop military partnerships and criminal networks within Latin American countries, according to some analysts. The Islamic regime in Tehran is widely regarded as the world’s foremost sponsor of terrorism, including militant groups in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, and Bahrain.
“Iran used the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF) and its regional proxy groups to implement foreign policy goals, provide cover for intelligence operations, and create instability in the Middle East,” the State Department said in its most recent country reports on terrorism.
Additionally, Cuba attempted to ship Soviet-era MiG-21 fighter jets, air defense systems, missiles, and command and control vehicles to North Korea in 2013—a violation of the United Nations ban on arms transfers to the communist country. Panamanian officials seized the weapons after discovering that they were concealed under bags of sugar.