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

To: Rock_nj who wrote (2875)	4/26/2000 11:23:00 AM
From: Zoltan!	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9127

>>We need a transition to democracy in Cuba. So why hasn't Clinton confronted Castro - the totalitarian Left dictator with no clothes - and said that the US will lift the embargo if he permits elections? Is it because Clinton has no moral authority? Or is it because the Liberal/Left secretly admire Castro? Castro and your fellow travelers believe that he is popular so why not have elections?

To: Rock_nj who wrote (2875)	4/26/2000 12:21:00 PM
From: Machaon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9127

<< Apparently, it's OK for the U.S. to trade with and support tyrants when they support our interests, >> Sometimes you have to take sides from a list of lessor evils. Sometimes you just make mistakes. Sometimes, unfortunately, corrupt factions within our government make the decisions. Saints, sinners, misguided politicians, well meaning politicians, corrupt politicians........ They all make up our government and our foreign policy, similar to every other country. << But now the cold war has ended and Castro just happens to be a communist dictator instead of a right-wing dictator ... so the embargo continues. >> Castro doesn't not want the embargo lifted. If he did, he would call for fair and free elections in Cuba. The ball is in Castro's hands. He chooses to enrich himself, while his people suffer. He chooses to murder those that oppose him, or jail those that oppose him. He chooses to separate children from their parents. Tell Castro your thoughts about the cold war being over. Perhaps he will let an innocent mother out of prison in honor of you. << We don't need a bunch of exile Cubans seeking revenge when Castro is dead. We need a transition to democracy in Cuba. >> We don't? I'd love to see the criminal leaders in Cuba, that have murdered and molested the children of Cuba for decades, to be brought to justice for their crimes. By the way, who is "we don't". I was under the impression that you favored a people deciding issues for themselves, and not by "big brothers" in the U.S.?