Actually, my post was a bit tongue in cheek, as I am sure you recognized.
Truthfully, (and I will catch hell for this) I think we should end the blockade against Cuba.
It has been over 40 years, castro is not going away. Why not open up the island to all and allow Cubans to have the money to allow them to taste freedom?
I also have a bigger philosophical problem, which is: I do not feel that the government has any right to tell me where, or where not, I can choose to go.
If I wish to visit Cuba (mind you, under Castro, I would choose to boycott Cuba, but that is MY choice) then I should have the right to do so.
Yes.
When a country is bent on our destruction, I tend to error on the side of caution. Sent and spent dollars in Cuba go directly into Castro's pocket, freeing him up to support terrorism and oppression around the world. Our government has an obligation to protect us from these actions. The world is free to trade with Castro, most choose not to after accepting so many bad debts. The man owns a slave state. He turns a profit and the people scavenge to live.
Free education (Castro boasts that even Cuba's prostitutes are educated) and free health care (if you have dollars for medicine) in Cuba is a sick joke. He censors what people can read, jails people who want some hint of change. He restricts travel. Why can't people be allowed to travel? Castro sends doctors, teachers, trainers to third world countries to expand his reach. The people of Cuba are his to barter. They live or die on his order.