Democrats waking up to Bernie Sanders bad policies toward Cuba and Israel--He likes the bad guys in Cuba and dislikes the good guys in Israel

Washington Examiner:
That was fast.

Within 24 hours of being crowned the 2020 Democratic front-runner after a smashing win in the Nevada caucuses, Sen. Bernie Sanders is taking heat over his foreign policy views regarding politically sensitive relationships with two countries: Cuba and Israel.

The quick blowback is just a taste of things to come for the Vermont senator if he does capture the Democratic nomination in future primaries, starting with the South Carolina primary on Saturday, followed by a slew of contests on March 3, Super Tuesday.

President Trump's campaign is no doubt keeping track of Sanders's foreign policy comments and is ready to deploy them in a general election campaign. The Trump administration has made a number of moves favorable to Israel, including moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, and the country figures to be a major issue in his reelection effort. On Cuba, Trump in April warned the island nation it would face a “full and complete embargo” and high-level sanctions if it fails to stop military operations in Venezuela.

Sanders, 78, in a 60 Minutes interview aired Sunday, praised elements of the communist regime imposed on Cuba by the late strongman Fidel Castro after seizing power in 1959 — and perpetuated to this day by his younger brother, Raul Castro.

“We’re very opposed to the authoritarian nature of Cuba, but it’s unfair to say everything’s bad. When Castro came into office, you know what he did? He had a literacy program,” he said.

The comment is in line with foreign policy views articulated by Sanders over the past four decades. Mayor of Burlington, Vermont, from 1981-89, he once viewed his municipal challenges as comparable to those faced by the Marxist Nicaraguan government.

Cuba has long been a thorny issue in presidential politics. The populous Cuban exile community in South Florida and its descendants have taken a dim view of rapprochement efforts with the island's government. And in New Jersey, anti-Cuba sentiment runs strong, with a significant number of the island's former residents having settled there. Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is a vociferous critic of the Castro regime.
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When it comes to literacy, Castro imposed communist propaganda on the people, not real literacy.  Sanders seems willing to make excuses for despite.  It is kind of like suggesting that Hitler was OK because he built nice highways.  In Israel, Sanders sides with the terrorist occupiers of Israel's land.  He would try to impose a terrorist state within Israel.

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