So what I want all of you to know is that we are going to
bring those who killed our fellow Americans to justice. I
want people around the world to hear me: to all those who
would do us harm, no act of terror will go unpunished. It
will not dim the light of the values that we proudly present
to the rest of the world. No act of violence shakes the
resolve of the United States of America.
Think of it as a he-said, he-said debate.
That question about Libyan security, or the lack of it, was
the only one Tuesday night that dealt with national-security
matters. “I’m happy,” Obama as he and Romney wrestled over
Libya, “to have a longer conversation about foreign policy.
”
He’ll get his wish next Monday night when the two square off
on the topic in Boca Raton, Fla. But if the tension between
the two candidates – which seemed to spike when responding
to the Libya question – is repeated during the foreign-
policy session, it could turn into yet another lengthy
engagement without a clear victor.
It’s hard to attribute anything but coincidence to the fact
that Cuban President Raúl Castro issued a major immigration
reform on Tuesday, Oct. 16, which was the 50th anniversary of
the start of the Cold War’s most harrowing moment, the Cuban
Missile Crisis. But the two things are nonetheless related.
Castro’s reform—eliminating the onerous exit visa
requirement for Cubans who want to travel outside the
communist island—is a reminder of how the missile crisis
prompted both Washington and Havana to shut down movement
into and out of Cuba for the past half century. And it’s one
more sign among many that each side needs to put that cold-
war past behind it.
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