“If I had told you that we would open up a new chapter with the Cuban people…you might have said our sights were set a little too high.”

So said President Obama in his farewell address to the country Tuesday night. Obama often touts his administration’s actions on Cuba as evidence that his approach to diplomacy has worked. The Obama administration did open up a new chapter with the Cuban regime — restoring diplomatic relations with the government and making it easier for Americans to travel and do business there. Unfortunately, the new chapter reads like something out of a Stephen King novel.