[Vinnie]

This Cuba thing continues to boggle my mind. For such a little island, it certainly occupies a lot of our politicians’ time

Ah, a stroll down memory lane.

I lived in Miami during the Castro revolution and recall a few facts.

When Castro was warring from the hills, most of the US backed him. Most of our politicians supported his effort. He proclaimed himself as the savior of Cuba. Small planes were gunrunning from small airstrips around S. Fla. The Feds would occasionally raid one of the strips, but they didn't really have their heart in it.

When Castro overthrew Batista, suddenly his real agenda came out.

The US offered aid to him, he told us to 'go to he**'. He executed hundreds if not thousands. I had several friends that had relatives shot.

Castro basically stuck his thumb in our eye. We haven't forgotten.

When he imported missiles, that was the last straw. Were they ALL removed? I don't think so.

The only way I would consider renewing relations with him is to have a team of inspectors cover every inch of that island looking for offensive weapons.

[Dqban22]

The Americans were burned repeatedly by Castro and now some are feverishly anxious to be burned again. Remember that when the Europeans were enthusiastically pouring billions of dollars into the Soviet Union oil pipeline, President Reagan opposed any American money going to that project. The Europeans sustained enormous loses in all their dealing with the Soviet, Reagan stand firm by the American interests. Reagan was right and the softhearted American liberals (a.k.a. socialists) who supported the aid to the Soviet Union were wrong.

Now the useful idiots and Castro's lobbyists and agents in the Congress want to prop up Cuba's dying regime at the expense of the American taxpayers’ hard-earned money.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

The only way I would consider renewing relations with him is to have a team of inspectors cover every inch of that island looking for offensive weapons.

How convenient we have an up and running base on the island.