One of these is not like the others: Syria, Sudan, Iran and Cuba. It’s this country’s State Sponsors of Terrorism list. Honest.
Cuba remains on this notorious short list (since 1982) along with garden variety Middle East powder kegs. North Korea doesn’t even warrant inclusion. Neither does Somalia; piracy isn’t a qualification.
The Obama Administration continues to give incremental progress (including restricted flights from TIA to Cuba) a bad name when it comes to improving relations with Cuba. We have serious civilizational enemies in the world as well as economic adversaries. Cuba is neither. It’s a Cold War era, South Florida version of the McCoy-Hatfield feud that remains a foreign policy atavism.
You can’t blame Cuba remaining on the SST list on George W. Bush.