[kabumpo]

This thing about the Castros being old and about to die is a canard that I have been hearing about Cuba since I began to go there (as a writer/researcher) in the early 1980s. They’r still there and their families are there, like mafia sons and nephews. Thi isn’t the land of Oz where the death of the wicked witch magicvally liberates the country.

The fact that we made a BIG mistake by recognizing China doesn’t justify making another one in Cuba.

You need to know that all those in favor of LIFTING are also in favor of doing it unilaterally — they want the regime to stay in power.

It’s about to finally go under now — there isn’t even salt in the apartheid tourist restaurants. So giving them access to the IMF and world bank (which is what lifting the embargo would do, and is it’s ral goal) is not the way to go.

[Dr. Sivana]

This thing about the Castros being old and about to die is a canard that I have been hearing about Cuba since I began to go there (as a writer/researcher) in the early 1980s.

Maybe. But at least Fidel and Raoul have to die eventually.

It’s about to finally go under now —

Now THAT's the one I have heard since the '80's. I wish Reagan tried the blockade, that might have pushed them ovver the edge. Unfortunately, we had Boland and the Dems largely tying Reagan's hands. Cuba made mischief in Nicaragua and Grenada as well.

I regret that we have spent so much of our energy of Iraq and Afghanistan when in many ways Venezuela and Red China are the bigger threats.