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Politics : About that Cuban boy, Elian -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: opalapril who wrote (1331)	4/20/2000 7:58:00 AM
From: Zoltan!	Respond to of 9127

What a bizarre take you have. The rule of law must be a huge shock to your system. It was criminal Castro and the Clinton administration that turned this into a political issue. It was not until criminal Castro went nuts ordering demonstrations and threatening Clinton with another Mariel that things got out of hand. That's when Reno and the INS began acting against what the Court has evidently determined that the law requires according to yesterday's blistering opinion against them. Criminal Castro is evil and an anachronism. His brand of totalitarian Left criminal thuggery has seen its day come and go. Sure, criminal Castro has been using Elian to whip up some last gasp of support among the mindless - anything to deflect the reality of his criminal rule just as the UN has voted to condemn criminal Castro for his heinous criminal human rights record. Despite criminal Castro's manufactured mob, it is doubtful that criminal Castro has much genuine popular support. Other criminal totalitarian Left dictators have been able to muster mobs right up until their demise too. Yes, the Cubans in Miami are a genuine inspiration in their stubborn refusal to allow Elian to be sacrificed for one more of the despised criminal dictator's shows. Whether they return to Cuba as leaders when criminal Castroism is gone or not, it's obvious that that day will be a happy one for them.

To: opalapril who wrote (1331)	4/20/2000 9:19:00 AM
From: lawdog	Respond to of 9127

Thanks for sharing your insights, Opal. Very interesting thoughts.

To: opalapril who wrote (1331)	4/20/2000 9:42:00 AM
From: The Barracuda™	Respond to of 9127

"On the other hand, the exile leaders know that when that day comes, it will be a dark one for them, not a triumph" It will be a worse day for Elian

To: opalapril who wrote (1331)	4/20/2000 11:30:00 AM
From: marcos	Respond to of 9127

Excellent post, o ... imho one of the biggest factors in this question is that those Miami mafia leaders feel themselves losing their hold on their flock as Castro is more shown to be less a clear and present danger to humanity than an anachronistically verbose little latino dictator whose time is almost up. It works both ways though imho - Castro needs enemies too, otherwise he loses power. And the neobatistianos are playing right into his hands on this ... here's a bit from The Economist - "[...] How misguided they are. The Economist yields to nobody when it comes to contempt for Mr Castro. But to use Elian for propaganda purposes, as the exiles now are, is exactly the tactic Mr Castro would choose. He is getting huge mileage out of this case. It shows, even better than the trade embargo can, how vindictive and inhumane the United States can be. Elian's Miami relatives believe they are doing the best thing for him, literally saving his life. But actually they are playing into the devil's hands; and, in the process, they are also restricting Elian's choices as surely as Mr Castro would. There is also a more fundamental point. These exiles came to America after the Cuban revolution not just because they believed in capitalism, but because, presumably, they believed in the rule of law. They are now treating the rule of law as contemptuously as Mr Castro himself does. They will abide by it merely if it suits them. This defiance does not show Mr Castro, and Cuba, that America is a morally superior place. On the contrary, it displays a country where even an administration with law on its side may be bullied out of doing the right thing because it is election year." economist.com