Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: Obama Needs to Crack Down on Cuba, N. Korea

U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., called out the United Nations for not imposing harsh sanctions in response to the Castro regime in Cuba sending military support to fellow communist state North Korea. The South Florida congresswoman called for President Barack Obama to get involved.

Weak does not begin to describe the laughable sanction that news reports have indicated the U.N. is planning on proposing for Cubas role in trafficking military equipment to North Korea, Ros-Lehtinen said on Thursday. Let's not forget that this is the largest intercepted shipment of weapons to North Korea since U.N. Security Council sanctions were implemented in 2006. This is yet another example of the Castro regime gaming the international community for its own political agenda.

"With this feckless proposal, the U.N. has again shown that it is becoming little more than a club for dictators who, if they violate the rules, face little to no sanction. Instead of a slap on the wrist, the Obama administration should submit a list of Cuban officials and enterprises involved in this illegal operation to be sanctioned by the United Nations. We must show we will not turn a blind eye to conduct that only serves to assist those who would do us harm. Otherwise, the U.S. should further sanction these entities ourselves.