"I'm sure his dad loves him, that I will say. "
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Oh, please....
If he loved him, he would have wanted Elian to have a better life and stay in the US.
The guy is a coward, sold out the welbeing and soul of his son, to Castro.
It's like to old story from the Bible, of two women claiming a child. Solomon (?) said, then he'll cut the child in two -- one said that's OK, the other said, she would rather give up any claim to the child, just to make sure the child wasn't harmed. That was the real Mother, who really loved the child.
Elian's Father was nothing but Castro's puppet.
"Elian's Father was nothing but Castro's puppet."
Well, yeah, you are right about that.