Hello Elianistas!
I watched this clip with Donato last night. Wedged in between all of "the US is so evil & mean" BS, the truth was plain for anyone who wanted to see it.
The Cuban government has Elian trapped as a little prisoner, only to be trotted out for his Papa Fidel's rallies. Juan Miguel is back to waiting tables and I sincerely hope that deep inside, he is hating himself for his cowardice and stupidity.
I continue to pray for Elian and he remains on my home page until the day he is truly free. Whether it be by Castro's eventual death or by another flight to freedom.
I will NEVER FORGET!
And I wanted to add that I got a chance to meet one of the agents that participated in the raid, who later blew the whistle on the whole anti-Cuban attitude infesting the INS department. He was truly repentant of being there, but was yet another individual who got caught up in the whole stinkin' crap of the Clinton administration.
He was a fine gentleman who was later transferred away. I pray for him and his lovely family as well.
Thank you for mentioning the agent that did not approve of what went on there.
Just like my ex-husband.
I will never forget, either. The abuse perpetrated by the Clinton administration against little Elian Gonzalez is something hard to forget. However, it wasn't just Clinton, the INS, or the agents who were involved in the raid, but also the majority of people who, according to the polls agreed with Clinton and Reno that Elian should be taken from his relatives home by force, and sent back to Cuba with his father.
This, after the State Department people had testified that they didn't know Elian's father was free to speak his mind and express his true feelings, that his mother died trying to bring him to the US, and after they testified that Cuba doesn't respect human rights, in fact, Cuba is an habitual abuser of human rights.