Castro's Boy Pawn

IBD Editorials ^ | June 16, 2008

[Kaslin]

Cuba: For a kid who once enjoyed Disney World, it's now the Union of Young Communists. That's the news from Elian Gonzalez and the propaganda he serves. Where are those who assured this wouldn't happen?

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Bill Clinton and Janet Reno assured the American public that the much-disputed Elian Gonzalez case was only a matter of a child who "belongs with his father," rather than a communist dictator's useful tool. The boy is now 14, and in his latest propaganda stunt, he's in a leading role for 18,000 young communists in the Union, a complete ward of the state.

It didn't have to be that way. As a six-year old, Elian was a refugee on the high seas discovered in an inner tube by fishermen. His mother had died trying to bring him to freedom, and his loving Miami relatives had stepped forward to fulfill her dream.

It wasn't to be. Castro saw an opportunity to dress up the odious image of his regime, and a Clinton administration eager to normalize relations with Cuba was all too willing to accommodate it. Both called it a custody case, and trotted out the boy's then-absent father to rewrite it as all about a father's love.

When the Miami Cubans resisted this glossy picture, Clinton sent the jackboots to seize the boy at gunpoint and sent the child back to Cuba. From there, he didn't live with his father and, contrary to the false assurances of Clinton, he did become a propaganda tool, just as the Miami relatives had warned. They, of course, were ridiculed and reviled

[Clintonfatigued]

On the bright side, this stunt by Clinton probably cost Gore Florida’s electoral votes.

[JulieRNR21]

When the Miami Cubans resisted this glossy picture, Clinton sent the jackboots to seize the boy at gunpoint and sent the child back to Cuba. From there, he didn’t live with his father and, contrary to the false assurances of Clinton, he did become a propaganda tool, just as the Miami relatives had warned. They, of course, were ridiculed and reviled
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I pray that Elian has some treasured memories of America & the freedom he enjoyed with his Miami family. And that one day all Cubans will be free of Castro’s dictatorship.

[Steely Tom]

Anyone who took seriously any assurance from either Bill Clinton, or his wife, is a fool.

[Shady]

This should have been the basis for impeachment. Want more of this crud? Vote for the Bammy.

[LibWhacker]

I pray Elian is the one who cuts that pig Castro’s throat from ear to ear one night real soon, and then comes back to America to settle scores here.

[dfwgator]

Fidel is Elian’s dad.

[Kaslin]

That shows you, the Rat’s version of liberation is bondage and communism

[Mmmike]

Yes, and he had plenty of propagandists right here opn FR eight years ago when all this happened.

[RushingWater]

[Joe Brower]

Clintonfatigued wrote:
"On the bright side, this stunt by Clinton probably cost Gore Florida’s electoral votes."

You know it.

Florida Freeper

[floriduh voter]

I saved the newspaper with that photo. I’m archiving newspapers in a database so I can dispose of them and get books instead. The exception will be for hurricanes. I keep those to motivate me to be prepared just in case.

[floriduh voter]

There’s Janet Reno buzz about heading bk to DC. Janet Reno had her hands all over the Elian kidnapping. Let’s not forget Reno’s role in turning Elian into a brainwashed commie (and her role in Waco too).

[JulieRNR21]

OBAMANATION promises change but it looks like it’s actually a return to the Clinton imcompetence.....

[floriduh voter]

Obama’s doubletalk is getting even more convoluted but nobody ever calls him on it. There’s substance but it’s marxist-stalinist-leninist. No thank u.