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.
(Excerpt) Read more at usatoday.com ...
Excellent debate. /sarc
I have never said this, nor would I.
Maybe that jerk could move to Canada, where the people just love traveling to Cuba, and write glowing reviews in Canadian travel mags.
Again, I'm certain that the companies that want to trade in Cuba are ever grateful for you letting them know they won't get paid. After all, they have no clue on making sure they get paid by their customers.
Invest their own money and so on and so forth..
It's ridiculous.
Where is this equivalency argument coming from? The Buchanan-area of the spectrum? (honest question)
If it is, then wouldn't our Cuba policy be closer to the anti-"foreign entanglement" positions he espouses?
"Seriously, if you have no problem with [sex] then what's so bad about [rape]?"
Vicki Huddleston Q&A: Veteran leader speaks about dissidents, Castro and the U.S. role
Don't be misled, President Bush is not soft on Cuba--"The American President's outburst sets right some misconceptions in Havana, at the U.S. State Department and on Capitol Hill. The word has been spread that under Secretary of State Colin Powell's tutelage, Bush was going to seek normalization with Castro's dictatorial regime. While the trade embargo may be modified, it will continue and will no longer be the only instrument deployed by Washington to democratize Cuba. What's more, Powell is fully on board with an expanded anti-Castro strategy."
DITTO!
Cuba Says No More U.S. Imports Until Embargo Eased --Castro no more cash sales, must offer credit.
I can provide a quote for you if you'd like of Bush himself talking about expanded and faster loans to businesses.
Okay, since you asked.
I supported Alan Keyes in the Primary and Dubya in the General. I voted for him and I dissagree with Pat on many issues, the only issue I can think of that I am firmly in Pat's corner on is immigration, and that's just because he's the only one talking about it.
It's like the elephant in the living room, completely invisible to everyone else. Aside from this issue, I was not, am not and will not be a pirchforker.
Good comparison.. Perhaps you should look at the atrocities in China before making it however.
They openly threaten us, knock down out plane and hold hostages, are dying to invade their neighbors, persecute christians, crush their own students with tanks, force abortions (and get mad when we won't subsidize them via the UN, BTW) and sell arms to terrorists.
Absolutely not. That was George Washington's warning and he was talking about political entanglements. Alliances which demand that the US go to war to defend our allies.
Trade is not political. If the American people chose not to do business with communist countries it is their right to do so.
I purchase nothing from China and don't know if I would from Cuba either.
Exiles are an extremely stubborn bunch. Any public opposition to the Embargo in Miami is a dangerous stance to take. Anyone who espouses such a stance is immediately branded a "communist Castro sympathizer", and it is true that many who are opposed to the Embargo are exactly that. But that's not the case for everyone. There are increasingly more and more, especially US-born children of Exiles, who recognize the Embargo is helping Castro and want to see it end. I suspect that many who are pro-Embargo are that because they've been for it for so many years, they could never change for fear.
On to the next thing. How can people who can't self-enrich, partake in the bounty of sending goods to Castro?
Freeing up his capital by subsidizing him will just help him finance his terrorist activities abroad.
Read some of the LINKS I've provided and learn something instead of just ignorantly reacting.
His connected organizations include the First Amendment Institute at Vanderbilt University. All boards are well-stocked with present and former employees of "good ol' Al," so when he says "frog," they jump.
Among the sychophants in the press who are part of Al's jihad against freedon are Judy Woodrull, Tim Russert, and Jim Lehrer. Neuharth, arogant b*stard that he is, is an enemy of freedom both in the US and outside its borders.
And in answer to the question he poses in his article, China has 1.3 billion people, a large army, and neuclear weapons. Cuba does not. We suck up to China (wrongfully) because of that. We don't suck up to Cuba because it is just as totalitarian as China, just as vicious, but is a gnat on the international stage.
I wrote a column on Al and his idea of freedom a while back. It was about his hangers-on who infest the boards of his various charities. It was entitled, "Wh*res to the Left of Ua, Wh*res to the Further Left of Us." You get the idea.
Al's the uber-boss, so Useless Today prints whatever drivel comes oout of his typewriter. Did I miss anything?
Congressman Billybob
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