"Shaun Haines" wrote in message
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> Harry,
>
> Yeah, I know what people say about opinions. Just out of curiosity, what
do
> you base your opinion of Fidel Castro on? The US has no problem doing
> business with far more odious (read: Saddam Hussein) fellows, historically
> and in the present. How free am I as an American if I can't travel to
Cuba
> if I so choose? In fact, Cuba is the only country on the list of
Terrorist
> Sponsoring States (a list it doesn't belong on in the first place) that
> Americans cannot travel to. North Korea, Iran, Syria...you betcha! Not
> Cuba, though. A free Cuba in the eyes of the US government is a Cuba
> subserviant to US interests, no more and no less. Castro's major crime,
the
> one that *really* irks Bush, and every other administration since 1959, is
> his staunch unwillingness to cede Cuba as the 51st state. While no angel,
> to be sure, Fidel Castro is not the demon he has been made out to be by US
> popular culture, and in my opinion (and your disclaimer applies here, as
> well) he is a man with more integrity and honor than George W Bush could
> ever hope to muster.
>
> Shaun
>
>Well spoken Shaun, I would go even further and suggest that you imagine
Fidel as a
plucky and determined David standing up to an intoxicated Goliath. George
Bush is a folksy simpleton front-man for the billionaire oligopoly that runs
the American economy, (like Mexico with a lot more money and PR). By the
way, I have heard that Americans who travel to Cuba
through Toronto have been identified on return, by spying American
immigration personnel who are posted at Pearson International airport.
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