Posted on 12/02/2006 2:23:54 PM PST by freedom44
he probably has to wait until his brother is actually dead to do anything this big, if he indeed wants to. The fact we have a trade embargo on cuba and not on, say, china, is simply absurd though completely consistent with realpolitik. It is a major pride issue for the US (castro did after all have soviet nukes under local (soviet or cuban) control during the missile crisis, and embarrassed the US in the bay of pigs 'event,') but at this point it is counter-productive if he is in fact gone.
The only ones who will get rich are the Cuban business moguls in Miami who have been planning for deacades to rape and pillage the island.
"The fact we have a trade embargo on cuba and not on, say, china, is simply absurd though completely consistent with realpolitik. "
should real completely consistent with the desires and interests of the fortune 100. realpolitik from a national standpoint would not be our current relations with china.
Ah, of course. The classless society of true equality looked among all it's brother and sister workers and in one voice cast their no-need-for-Diebold vote: "Um, Raul?"
geez...won't this guy die already.....he has been hanging on dead longer than the star of weekend at bernies!!!
"geez...won't this guy die already.....he has been hanging on dead longer than the star of weekend at bernies!!!"
ROFLOL!!
Yes, just imagine what $22.50 a month could do!
LOL, just kidding...
Looks like Fidelito is going out with a whimper. How fitting...
Zarf, I think you must have missed the raping and pillaging that has already taken place in Cuba. What pray tell do you think moguls are going to steal from the Cubans?
If big money does come to Havana, all boats will float.
I would just hope that when that heppened, the Cuban government would modernize their policies to make sure growth was productive and free from crime.
Through a special program I've personnally sponsored several polical refugee families from Cuba. It can be extremely rewarding but can also be an emotional roller coaster. The plain fact that generations of Cubans have been ruined but recovery will succeed. My son is currently working on a documentary about the road to new lives in the Cuban community.
I suspect there will be revenge killings as soon as Castro is gone( he will be buried in a secret place for obvious reasons). Unless the US steps in for the upcoming revolt the tourist from Europe will be in danger too.
For what it's worth I've been told Chavez has sent secret troops to Cuba...
There was a thread here recently about Cuban shipyard workers who were virtual slaves at an Aruba yard which was doing repairs on cruise ships, and which has ties to a Florida company.
Just think of the possibilities if Cuba is allowed to get that "most favored nation" status. Those workers can then be employed at home, benefitting Cuban companies with "ties" to American companies. Everybody will get rich except the workers.
It just seems so wrong that Fidel will die in his own bed of natural causes.
You sound like a commie. Those cuban business moguls had everything taken from them. They are the movers of shakers of the old Cuba. They are planning to go home and reclaim their land and businesses.
Why do you talk about Cubans in this country with such disdain?
PS
How can you rape and pillage that which has been raped and pillaged beyond recognition anyway?
I know Cubans who fled Castro, came here and built wonderful lives as professionals and business people. They love their families, are kind and generous, warm and decent.
And have been waiting over 40 years to go home and take back what was stolen from them.
Eisenhower: Don't
Kennedy: Worry,
Johnson: Castro
Nixon: Will
Ford: Be
Carter: Out
Reagan: Of
Bush: Power
Clinton: Soon...
Bush: Really!
Qwinn
Thank you. Speaking as a child of Cuban exiles, I appreciate the defense. There doesn't seem to be anywhere safe from Castro's propaganda machine, does there?
Qwinn
Make that 9 out of 10 US presidents since I doubt Jimmy Carter ever did a darned thing that would even displease the old communist dictator.
Your are welcome. The Cubans I know who fled Castro, I know a few of them, are wonderful, smart, loving, generous people. I cannot wait to see them able to return home and rebuild their country.
Had to check the website, thought I was on DU for a moment.
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