Posted on 03/03/2002 6:26:29 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
Edited on 04/13/2004 1:39:16 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
In Beijing, Bush called China our ''partner.'' Cuba officially is our ''enemy.'' Why?
Because a small number of powerful exiles in South Florida cow our politicians into keeping the crazy Cuban policy. That was designed to castrate Fidel Castro and has failed for more than 40 years.
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All this talk about Iraq, China and Cuba has me wondering if an embargo is really the way to go. I mean, if it's beneficial then great.. Let's whip up some embargo. I always supported not trading with commies, especially those with a terrible human right's record.
I viewed it as propping them up and acting as an "enabler"
Now, if it's not, or if it's hurting the citizens there and we still gain nothing by it, then maybe we should re-think our position.
Cause it looks to me like Castro isn't going anywhere and neither is Saddam.
Lifting the Embargo would be huge propaganda victory for the US and a huge propaganda loss by Castro. Assigning conditions to lifting the Embargo is fruitless, because Castro would NEVER run out of conditions. Castro is the LAST one who wants the Embargo lifted. He is the one who has the most to lose if it is lifted. He has NOTHING to gain.
(BTW, I'm opposed to all embargoes/sanctions around the world. Its intended effect rarely takes place)
It may not mean a damned thing to you that my family's land was taken, after generations of us working that land, taken at gunpoint. But it means something to me, and to many more of people just like me.
The line of thought that you are promoting is part of the Maceito brigade's propaganda, and I am not buying it because it isn't the truth. The truth is that whatever suffering the Cuban people in Cuba may face, is the sole fault of Fidel, not the US.
There are morality issues involved here, real complains by real people, and your characterization of your own people as intractable old fools holding on to an idea just for the sake of that idea, brings shame on your family.
Castro will gain and I know you see it. As you say, he never runs out of conditions and with each ill conceived consession, he will come up with another and another reason to rail against the U.S. and capitalism. He will be sitting easier with U.S. taxpayer subsidized wealth and have money to spend on his terrorist activities around the world. The Cuban people will gain nothing but contempt for us because we then will have told them and all people held by communist dicatatorships, they have lost and there is no hope. This wouldn't be any kind of victory for the U.S. We're not interested in victory, we're interested in freedom for the Cuban people.
Am I to understand that you are against the return of stolen property to its rightful owner?
In a communist state nobody has property rights. Let me ask you something. Were you claiming that we should steal Elian from his father or not? I'm just curious how consistent you are regarding property rights.
Can I assume you are for an embargo on China as well?
Also, I'm old enough to recognize when someone has held onto a belief for so long that it is not possible for them to change that belief.
I don't know where you're getting this idea that the US Taxpayer will subsidize Castro if the Embargo is lifted.
I'm almost certain that people in Cuba want the Embargo ended.
It was my understanding that we overthrew the notion that people could be considered "property" years ago.
This is becoming a LOOP.
Go back and begin at the beginning and read the LINKS and LEARN.
Repeating myself is a useless exercise and I have no intention of doing it.
Those who want to keep alive and maintain, with US tax payers' dollars, a terrorist regime that has been a menace to the stability of this hemisphere for 43 years, is responsible for the death of tens of thousands of Cubans, and the main training ground for terrorists in this hemisphere are the ones who are insane.
Don't you get just a little embarrassed, wandering around in public with an electronic dunce cap on your head? Or do you spend all your time that way, and have grown to like it?
Congressman Billybob
New column up: "The Un-Music Man." You'll like this one a bunch.
You're the one that started throwing figures around, (most, half, 80%+...remember?) perhaps you could enlighten us and provide some support for YOUR figures.
Your reading comprehension should embarrass you. I never said that.
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