http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/12/30/1727938.aspxFrom NBC’s Andrea MitchellAs Cuba marks the 50th anniversary of its Communist revolution this week, it is looking to Washington and wondering how Barack Obama, the 11th U.S. president to face the Castro regime, will change the stormy relationship withen-USCommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/12/30/1727938.aspx#1727954Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:04:29 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1727954Walter Balderson Clearwater, FlHow stupid the US is not to deal with Cuba like we deal with other communist countries, ie, China, Korea, Vietnam etc. Hopefully, Obama will correct this situation. &nbsp;http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/12/30/1727938.aspx#1727971Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:13:39 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1727971Liz Lopez, Miami FloridaCuba is confused. They need to change.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/12/30/1727938.aspx#1727990Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:27:04 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1727990MSierra, SFEnd the Embargo <br> <br>China is communist and we trade with them <br>Viet Nam is communist and we trade with them <br>Russia was communist and we traded with them <br> <br>Israel and China have far worse human rights violations and we trade with both of them <br> <br>The Embargo was never about Democracy or human rights <br>It was always about American 'control' of the Western Hemisphere <br>Our sphere of influence (our Warsaw Pact) <br> <br>A 19th Century 'philosophy' that lasted until the 21st century