The first round of talks between the U.S. and Cuba concluded with a stark reminder that, if there's any hope of solidifying a deal to restore diplomatic ties, America will have to sacrifice the most. Dictator Raul Castro recently presented his list of demands, including a requirement that U.S. officials ditch their support of dissidents. It's the anti-free speech aspect of its terms that Cuba doubled down on this week as the two countries prepare to enter round two of negotiations. According to Josefina Vidal, Cuba's point man in reparation talks, "The way those [American] diplomats act should change in terms of stimulating, organizing, training, supplying and financing elements within our country that act against the interests of ... the government of the Cuban people. The total freedom of movement, which the U.S. side is posing, is tied to a change in the behavior of its diplomatic mission and its officials." The Communist regime is unwilling to put an end to repression, which is how the country made the backlist to begin with. Thus, we're back to square one. That's Barack Obama's paper tiger foreign policy in a nutshell: Close, but no cigar. More...