Nay-Sayers be damned

Fold your hands in your lap and nobody can critisize your deeds.

The President of the United States of America, Barack Obama, made an effort to normalize relations with Cuba. To this end he undertook a State Visit to this country and was welcomed by the President, Raul Castro, brother of Fidel Castro, the founder of this Communist Dictatorship.

Obama did this, as he stated, “to bury the last remnants of the Cold War between Cuba and the USA.”

He thereby made a most generous gesture, since a political peace would inevitably bring in its wake an economic peace and economic advantages to both sides, but particularly to Cuba.

Tourism from the USA to Cuba has already demonstrated a considerable upswing and commerce is expected to increase even more once trade restrictions imposed by the USA are being lifted.

Now, of course come the 'nay-sayers'.

Oh, well, they exclaim in print as well as in the electronic media, Obama did this in the dying months of his Presidency, only so he would be remembered in the pages of history. It was just an effort to build a favourable legacy.

With this jealous reasoning, Obama would have been forced to remain inactive throughout his second term, since anything he might have done would be labeled as “Legacy Building”.

In fact, if he wanted to avoid this label altogether, he could not do anything throughout all eight years of his Presidency, since all achievements would have carried this opposition inspired label.

Abraham Lincoln abolished lawful slavery only to establish a favourable Legacy.

Leopold Figl, Austria's Foreign Minister, negotiated the Austrian State Treaty only to establish a favourable Legacy.

And finally, Jesus Christ preached the Sermon on the Mount only to obtain a favourable Legacy.

Will these Opposition inspired “Nay Sayers” ever stop their inane babble and think ? Just Once ?

Most great people speak and do what they believe in and not what would make history books speak well of them. That their good deeds, as well as the evil ones are recorded on the pages of history books is a side effect.

Bertstravels

is getting a little sick of “nay sayers”