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


To: marcos who wrote (1363)4/20/2000 2:08:00 PM
From: Zoltan!  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 9127
 
>>But it is the decision of Juan Miguel, and Juan Miguel alone ...

Of course it's not. Not so long as Castro holds his hostages. Juan is clearly not free to act.

I believe Orwell called people like you "useful idiots" - people who aren't "reds" themselves but clueless people who act in such ways that they further the totalitarian cause.



To: marcos who wrote (1363)4/20/2000 2:08:00 PM
From: The Barracudaâ„¢  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 9127
 
Quotes from Cuba from today's The Washington Post Company

The Cuban government reacted angrily to the latest U.S. court decision on Elian, declaring it helps perpetuate the boy's "kidnapping.">>>>>>>>> Cubans in general--who are accustomed to swift and forceful justice under Castro<<<<<--found it incredible that the U.S. government could not force people to obey its laws or>>>>>>> could not simply seize Elian<<<<<<<<< and give him to his father.

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>>>>"I don't understand the law in the United States," he said. "Here, when they say something, that's the law and that's how it goes."<<<<<<