After seeing what little good the embargo of Cuba has done regarding regime change, I have to assume that we’ve wanted Cuba to be the way it is — a Communist bastion. Why? Just lift the whole embargo and let everyone go there. This didn’t work to anyone’s benefit.

President Barack Obama directed his administration Monday to allow unlimited travel and money transfers by Cuban Americans to family in Cuba, and to take other steps to ease U.S. restrictions on the island, a senior administration official told The Associated Press.

The formal announcement was being made at the White House Monday afternoon, during presidential spokesman Robert Gibbs’ daily briefing with reporters. The official spoke on condition of anonymity so as not to upstage the president’s announcement.