Vivo, the usual response from the left – demonize, instead of responding with facts. I care greatly about the people of Cuba, and have seen the photos and read the books about the dismal treatment of the “people”
of Cuba. I don’t believe that removing the embargo would make one iota of difference for the average Cuban citizen. You failed to respond to my primary point that dropping the embargo wouldn’t likely result in any significant change in the GDP of Cuba, they already have the ability to trade with every country of consequence other than the US. Even if it did, do you really think the “people” would see any of it? The money would continue to go to the Military, the leadership, and to the showy facilities that they maintain for tourists. Why is it that the Cuban government can build and market high-tech medical devices for export, but can’t seem to keep aspirin in the pharmacies? Don’t the Cubans trade with the Swiss for example, home of Bayer Aspirin? It defies logic to believe that trading with US will change the way that the Cuban Stalinist Government will treat the folks. Dealing rationally with the Soviet Union after WWII didn’t exactly change things for folks in Eastern Bloc post-war, they just got worse. Reason and logic are the path to dealing with dictatorships like the Cubans. Just caving because you have good intentions has yet to work with any Marxist government. We’ve bent over backwards in making concessions to the N. Koreans as an example, due to our “good intentions”. It certainly has served us well. Maybe if Jimmy Carter made just one more trip to Cuba… Well a boy can dream.
