[FreeManWhoCan]

God help the people of Cuba.

[JeeperFreeper]

Calling Martin Sheen, Oliver Stone and Dan Rather. Calling all Castro kneepadder-hypocrites.

[CROSSHIGHWAYMAN]

George W. Bush will be the first sitting president to set foot in a free Cuba........2006

[daviddennis]

I defied the embargo and visited Cuba last year, figuring it was my best chance to see what Communism was really like, without supporting someone as odious as, say, Saddam or Kim Jong Il.

I had a fantastic time on my trip - the Cuban climate is wonderful, the people friendly, the women stunning. And Cuban Communism, well, it certainly made me feel the Cuban people were tragically shortchanged - but it was interesting to see.

Castro isn't as bad as Kim Jong Il, but that's mostly because in Cuba's tropical climate, things grow if you stick them in the ground. For that reason, his system works badly, but just well enough that people don't starve like they do in North Korea.

But this sort of thing sickens me.

I doubt that I'll return to Cuba until Castro's gone. In the end, I have this nasty feeling the pro-embargo types were right. The more tourism, the more repression.

Besides, would I really like to fly in a Yakolev Yak-42D again? Soviet jets are best left for those with true courage. Built in the 80s, feels like it was made in the 50s.

D

[NonValueAdded]

Pinging Jimmy Carter ... Jimmah? Jimmah? What say you, Jimmah?