APNEWSBREAK: US MULLS ABSTENTION ON CUBA EMBARGO VOTE AT UN
Source: Associated Press
For the first time, the United States may be willing to accept a United Nations condemnation of the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba without a fight, The Associated Press has learned.
U.S. officials tell the AP that the Obama administration is weighing abstaining from the annual U.N. General Assembly vote on a Cuban-backed resolution demanding that the embargo be lifted. The vote could come next month.
No decision has yet been made, said four administration officials who weren't authorized to speak publicly on sensitive internal deliberations and demanded anonymity. But merely considering an abstention is unprecedented. Following through on the idea would send shock waves through both the United Nations and Congress.
It is unheard of for a U.N. member state not to oppose resolutions critical of its own laws.
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Wow.
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an "excuse"? 
It's seems more a ballsy poke at the GOP running Congress. Regarding #2, perhaps it may lead to some controversial agreement to extradite some folks like Joanne Chesimard (and others), which would cause it's own discordant reactions here among the left.
I doubt there is an issue with the Pope right now... To the monied PTB, he is harmless and serves those PTB to continue to carry out their "religion is the opiate of the masses" doctrine despite his digs at them because those "digs" have no force of authority that will impact them.
