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

To: Rambi who wrote (3442)	4/28/2000 10:27:00 PM
From: Machaon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9127

<< The Cuban community didn't "nurse the child back to health"-- the family took in one of their own. >> It takes a village to raise a child. << And had they not, a foster family would have done the same thing ... >> Perhaps yes, perhaps no. But, you have to admit that Elian was a basket case, both physically and emotionally, after watching many people drown, including his own mother. Then he washed around at sea without food or water for about three days. He was badly dehydrated, and could hardly walk. After a short period of time, you could see Elian spring back to life! The Miami Cubans did a pretty good job with Elian, didn't they? << DO you have facts to back up this allegation that the father "deserted" him? >> Hmmmm!? Now let's see. Elian was in bad shape when he was pulled from the ocean. Where was his father? Hmmmm!? Elian's father did not know how bad his own son was. Why wasn't his father by his side immediately! Four months...... four months..... four months. ..... Yoooo Hoooo, Elian's daddy, where are you? What is more important than your son, who almost drowned? Yoooooo Hoooooo, Juan, where are you? << He knew the child was safe with family members and he assumed that he would get Elian back. The first phone conversation allegedly reports him as saying this to ELian. >> So, Juan realized what a great group was taking care of his son. Hmmmm!? On the other hand, Elian had gone through a terrible ordeal. Juan was only 90 miles away. Yooooo Hoooo! Juan! Elian's daddy! Where were you for FOUR LONG MONTHS! << I have no doubt that Castro recognized a great political opportunity. >> It's amazing. He turned an instance of Cubans fleeing away from his regime, into one to his benefit. Amazing! OTOH, Cuba was condemned, once more, by the UN for Castro's mistreatment of his own people. So, he wins a small one, he loses a big one.

To: Rambi who wrote (3442)	4/28/2000 10:46:00 PM
From: Machaon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9127

<< a German mother took her two children back to Germany, placed them with the authorities and disappeared. The father (American) has been unable to get them back; Germany refused to take them from their foster family. This began in the early 90s. >> << But wouldn't you believe that this American father has the right to his children? And if you believe that, doesn't Juan? >> Like you said, we don't know enough about this German case. I also believe that Juan is entitled to his own son, even if he did desert Elian for FOUR LONG MONTHS. However, my objective would be to get Juan and his family and Elian to stay in freedom here in the U.S. As long as the Miami Cuban Family held Elian, the was a chance that Juan, his other son, and his wife would remain in the U.S. Now, there is nothing keeping them in this country. Sad, isn't it?