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

To: Zoltan! who wrote (2885)	4/26/2000 11:45:00 AM
From: Rock_nj	Respond to of 9127

Why are you resorting to name calling? There's no need for it in a rational discussion. I'm not happy about how China has influenced the Democratic party. It's symtomatic of the influence of money on politics. The Democrats desperately needed money to counter the Republicans and the Chinese stepped in and provide some, hoping to gain influence. It sickens me. I don't like the fact that China is able to target U.S. cities, but wasn't that going to inevitably happen anyway? Perhaps it happened 5 or 10 years earlier than it would have otherwise, but they would have axquired or built the technology sooner or later. Yes, the Chinese have started to reform economically. But, they remain a repressive political state. Certainly no better than Castro's Cuba. China imprisons many people for their political beliefs and operates slave prison labor camps. Is this a country the U.S. should have normalized relations with? Perhaps so, because we want to engage them, but I think the same thing about Cuba. We want engage Cuba and hopefully influence them on a coarse towards democracy. Let's hold free elections in Cuba now! I could care less if Castro wins or loses.