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Politics : About that Cuban boy, Elian

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To: greenspirit who wrote (8500)	7/13/2000 10:27:34 PM
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Continued....... Politics and fear lie at the heart of why the government took action when they did. Clinton and Reno feared the 11th circuit courts ruling. Further, they realized if the court did rule against them and for the asylum request, that Elian would probably say he wanted to stay and seek asylum. They therefore concluded that in order to ensure Elian said no at the asylum hearing, he must be captured and drugged if need be into submission. Hence the drugs, the isolation, and the Cuban agents watching him and his father around the clock. Politically this just couldn't happen. So (out of panic) they acted in a grandstanding manner in order to create the illusion of a severe danger where none existed. The boy was in practically no danger whatsoever living there. Two or three more weeks wouldn't have matter a bit. Except of course to the potential outcome. So they spun and spun the stories painting the "Miami relatives" and "Miami Cuban Americans" as evil thugs hell bent on killing anyone who approached the home. Many bright Americans bought the stories hook-line-and-sinker and still do to this day. These are the most probable assumptions based on the characters involved and evidence at hand. Michael

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