[Politics4US]

I think that Elian belonged with his father.

[bmwcyle]

By the Cuban Constitution that was Castro. You are such a commie.

[jazusamo]

Did you read the article? Humberto Fontova doesn’t lie.

[Doe Eyes]

I think that Elian belonged with his father.

Me too.

[jeffc]

I think that Elian belonged with his father.

Surprisingly (to me), that is what the majority of Freepers thought, at the time, at least the ones who posted. I found it strange that they did not understand that the father was nothing more than a pawn used by Castro to force the U.S. to say "uncle" in front of the world. Clinton pretended to offer for the father to move to the U.S., but it was rejected and, of course, not pursued (because Clinton didn't really want to).

What is it with liberals and their inability to play world chess?

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

Elian’s father agreed and encouraged Elian’s mother to take him to the States. She drowned on the way over.

He was having a very happy childhood with his relatives in the U.S. The adults (uncle, aunts, etc.) couldn’t get enough of him. They loved him very much. He was the king of the house. They even got him a puppy.

Under what rock have you been living under?

[A'elian' nation]

Yeah, well that “father” turned out to be Fidel Castro.

Does Elian live with his natural father today?
No - Elian,16yrs old, lives with his paternal grandmother in Cardenas, Cuba.
Elian’s father lives a nice life having been appointed a member of the Cuban parliament.

“Donato Dalrymple: The fisherman who found the boy at sea now has a daughter of his own. He lives in Fort Lauderdale and keeps an oil painting of Elian surrounded by dolphins on his wall, according to The Miami Herald.”

More info on all the players in the reprehensible Gonzalez saga is well-stated here:

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/the-elian-gonzalez-saga-10-years-later-exiles-577430.html?printArticle=y

Some great current pictures of Elian here as well as of his present condition - having to salute his Communist captors on his birthday.

http://www.therealcuba.com/elian_gonzalez.htm

My Freeper screen name ‘A’elian Nation’ is my tribute to Elian as well as my scorn for one of the most sordid days in American history. I still am revulsed and ashamed of how this nation deprived him of freedom.

I also came to American when I was a boy of 6 - all by myself. I have been blessed by this country as Elian never was.

[demshateGod]

Yeah, in America.