[Dog Gone]

We made a promise to the Soviet Union not to invade Cuba. I don't think that is binding anymore.

I'm not suggesting that we do so any time soon, but we can't allow Cuba to continue in the Castro model after Fidel. The Cuban people deserve better.

[daviddennis]

No argument on that score. They do.

I don't see the situation extreme enough to justify regime change and all the costs and risks it entails, but at the same time we seem to have pretty limited options to influence Cuba.

It's an unhappy medium - he's not good enough to leave alone, but he's not bad enough to take out by force.

I think we need to watch Hugo Chavez very carefully. If he steps across the line of his constitution and legality, we need to do something to support the opposition. That would probably be the first way I would try to hit Cuba indirectly.

Hugo, you understand, is giving Castro oil for soldiers.

Where is the UN when we need them?

D

[S.O.S121.500]

"The Cuban people deserve better."

Then I would suggest that the Cuban people fight for and earn their better.......otherwise, let 'em stew in their own juices.