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Family most assuredly did not win out over poltiics and government. If you think that Elian is under the care, protection, and guidance of his father, you are wrong. Elian is a property of the state. He is a slave. Elian's mother died that her son would live free. His father, under the direct control of the Cuba state (it was obvious - he went nowhere without Castro's officials in public), got his son back. And the tragedy is, he got him back using the government police of the land of the free. Castro must have sat back and laughed hysterically.

Zack, a very good analysis. I agree with you.

There was NEVER a need for armed goons of the US government to storm into a house and take a small child by force. If US law was allowed to play out in immigration court, the facts would have been established, and if the judge said, back to Cuba you go, then that could be appealed throught the judicial process as we have always done. If no appeal was successful, the law would have done its job.

Never has America returned someone who came to its shore seeking freedom back to their home government at the point of a gun. That's was the most disgusting raw use of power I have ever seen in my life other than Waco. And it is no coincidence that both events took place under the watchful eye of Janet Reno and Bill and Hillary Clinton.

Again, Bill Clinton did the bidding of the Communists that he loves so much. Elian's father was never the custodial parent, and Castro used "father's rights" which don't exist in Cuba, but in our land, and used that as a pretext for his claim to Elian. Elian's father was obviously coerced by Castro, as it was a matter of record that he supported Elian and his former wife taking Elian to Florida. If he was OK with that happening because it meant a better life for Elian when Elian left, why did he change his mind afterward? Because Elian's mother died? It didn't become an issue until Elian was rescued. Elian's dad was not an involved father before Elian left Cuba. I hope he enjoys his perks now, becasue he enjoys them at the expense of his son growing up in a dictatorship.

Any doubt was erased in my mind that this was a hideous abuse of power was on Easter Sunday morning after the raid when President Clinton had a short press conference. He made a statement, and turned while a smirk came across his face, and he walked away without taking questions. That b#st#ard! He was so yellow he couldn't even answer a question about this unbelievable use of raw power to benefit a dictator.And who but a soulless monster could smirk at such a grave moment? And he allowed it to happen at the time one of the most cherished Christian holidays, Easter. This from the President that was so worried about bombing Muslims during Ramadan.

Someday Elian will return to the United states as a young man, free to make his own decision. As for Castro, he can't attend his appointment with Satan fast enough for me.