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Elian Gonzalez interview sparks Miami Controversy, rebuke of communist sympathizers in western press
BBC News World Edition ^ | 30 September 2005, 22:27 GMT 23:27 UK | BBC News World Edition

Posted on 10/01/2005 10:26:13 AM PDT by FraudFactor.com

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To: TightyRighty

I'm certain that the whole reason Juan Miguel allowed Elizabet to risk Elian's life in the first place was because of the love he had for him.

Operation Peter Pan proved to the world that parents DO love their kids enough to let them go.

And I truly believe that Juan Miguel wanted Elian to stay here, but was forced by Castro to bring him back.

And now, the only father Elian has is Castro. Cuba's laws state that the government has the rights over a child's upbringing, not the parent.

P.S. On a different subject, you should check out the Troop support thread. 300winmag posted pics of a downright gorgeous tomahawk!


61 posted on 10/01/2005 5:22:43 PM PDT by RMDupree (HHD: Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: TightyRighty

"Elian had a father "

===

Yeah, CASTRO.


62 posted on 10/01/2005 5:27:58 PM PDT by FairOpinion
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To: TightyRighty

I asked you before.

Do you think if a kid escaped from the concentration camps, he should have been returned, if his Father were still there, so "he can be with his Father"?


63 posted on 10/01/2005 5:30:21 PM PDT by FairOpinion
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To: FraudFactor.com
He considers Mr Castro "not only as a friend but as a father".

Scary.

64 posted on 10/01/2005 5:38:28 PM PDT by syriacus (Galloway blusters w/ such a "cute" accent. Did Germans think Hitler's Austrian accent was cute?)
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To: RMDupree
I met you and Donato a year-and-a-half after the heinous Clinton-Reno order, and Donato seemed like a rather humble and down-to-earth kinda guy, somebody who didn't seek the spotlight but was thrust into this horrible situation and savaged by the leftist agenda-driven media.

Hope you're doing well, Ruthy. :-)

65 posted on 10/01/2005 6:19:09 PM PDT by CounterCounterCulture
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To: CounterCounterCulture

I am, thanks be to the Lord. :-D

Best wishes to ya, CCC!


66 posted on 10/01/2005 6:42:34 PM PDT by RMDupree (HHD: Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: TightyRighty

You're just a young punk who has never known or seen oppression. Why don't you go serve your country and travel overseas and get some apprecition for the FREEDOM we enjoy here.


67 posted on 10/01/2005 6:48:57 PM PDT by Chieftain (Cindy Sheehan is a shameful example of an American mother duped by Kerry's LIES!)
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To: TightyRighty
You can't win on these threads. The majority of people on the FR think it was okay to not let the father take him home.

I asked some of them to go to the airport in New York and DC to prohibit Cuban children of diplomats from taking flights to Mexico and then back to Cuba, but none would join me. You see we have a martyr who should be taken from his surviving parent, but the other kids be damned.

68 posted on 10/01/2005 6:52:56 PM PDT by bigsigh
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To: FraudFactor.com

I once knew a person named Reno
Who never once bore a bambino.
She "solved" a boy's plight
With a cruel one-way flight
And used guns to deport the poor nino.


69 posted on 10/01/2005 6:56:59 PM PDT by syriacus (Galloway blusters w/ such a "cute" accent. Did Germans think Hitler's Austrian accent was cute?)
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To: CounterCounterCulture
Off-topice, but whatever happened to Marisleysis González? I know a lot of people thought she was flaky but I thought she was a very brave young gal who did the best she could after being thrust into a huge media storm.
70 posted on 10/01/2005 6:59:17 PM PDT by Heatseeker ("I sort of like liberals now. They’re kind of cute when they’re shivering and afraid." - Ann Coulter)
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To: bigsigh
You see we have a martyr who should be taken from his surviving parent, but the other kids be damned.

Are you saying we should keep the diplomats' kids?

71 posted on 10/01/2005 6:59:23 PM PDT by syriacus (Galloway blusters w/ such a "cute" accent. Did Germans think Hitler's Austrian accent was cute?)
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To: syriacus

Of course, if Elian can't go back to Cuba then we must stop the diplomats and all other kids from going back. Won't you join me in this humanitarian loving effort.


72 posted on 10/01/2005 7:00:42 PM PDT by bigsigh
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To: bigsigh
Of course, if Elian can't go back to Cuba then we must stop the diplomats and all other kids from going back.

Shouldn't each child's case be decided on its own merit?

73 posted on 10/01/2005 7:21:25 PM PDT by syriacus (Galloway blusters w/ such a "cute" accent. Did Germans think Hitler's Austrian accent was cute?)
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To: Texas Eagle
Is Elian's left arm strapped to the chair or is that some sort of shadow?

Good eye. And, note that Castro's hand is right where it would have to be to cover a corresponding strap in his right arm.

74 posted on 10/01/2005 7:25:06 PM PDT by ModelBreaker
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To: syriacus

I used to believe it was the father's right and responsibilty after the mother died. But the other posters have convinced me that Castro is the kids's real father and living in Cuba is like sending a kid back to concentration camp. So we have a moral obligation to stop the torture of these children.


75 posted on 10/01/2005 7:35:55 PM PDT by bigsigh
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To: bigsigh
I asked some of them to go to the airport in New York and DC to prohibit Cuban children of diplomats from taking flights to Mexico and then back to Cuba, but none would join me. You see we have a martyr who should be taken from his surviving parent, but the other kids be damned.
Congratulations. You built a straw man. Then you slayed him.

Unimpressive.

76 posted on 10/01/2005 7:46:55 PM PDT by nicollo (All economics are politics.)
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To: nicollo
Mybe the pictures of the torture will impress you.

Just asking people to walk the walk. I guess you're satisfied posting on a web site and letting these innocent children return to hell.

77 posted on 10/01/2005 7:49:05 PM PDT by bigsigh
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To: Chieftain

It's sad to see you don't know how to debate or discuss an issue without resorting to namecalling. And I certainly have no idea how a father's rights and appreciating my freedom go hand in hand - do you toss that one out at everyone who disagrees with you? I'm sure people all over the country will be surprised to learn that you can't appreciate your freedom without having served in the military first. Pathetic.


78 posted on 10/01/2005 8:15:58 PM PDT by TightyRighty
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To: FraudFactor.com; LadyPilgrim
WOW!

I've never seen the series of seven shots...just the one that was most published.

Thank you for posting these!

79 posted on 10/01/2005 8:40:45 PM PDT by kstewskis ("I don't know what I know, but I know that it's big".....Jerry Fletcher)
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To: Heatseeker

Marisleysis has her own salon now right off the Palmetto Expressway and 8th street. :-D


80 posted on 10/01/2005 9:09:49 PM PDT by RMDupree (HHD: Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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