Fidel Castro, the early years.
Fidel Castro resigns: Will Communism stand in Cuba?
Fidel Castro has resigned, ending a half-century of Cuban rule -- and a half-century defying U.S. policies designed to hasten his exit. “I will not aspire to neither will I accept — I repeat I will not aspire to neither will I accept — the position of President of the Council of State and Commander in chief,” he wrote in a letter to Cuba's Parliament.
What's next for Cuba? Will U.S. policymakers see this moment as an opportunity, or transition to more of the same?















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It is an opportunity to
Submitted on July 14th, 2008 by AnonymousIt is an opportunity to begin a more democratin reign in Cuba, but this doesn't mean that it requires external help, especially from the US regarding the fact that the US "helped" Iraq too and other countries in this situation. The best thing to do is to leave the people choose what they want.
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Submitted on February 19th, 2008 by Cycle_GeezerI'm still trying to figure out why we can't do a lick of business with that tinhorn dictatorship 90 miles south of Florida, yet we owe our treasury to the Red Chinese. I bet things would be different if the Chinese nationalists had all settled in Miami instead of Taiwan.
The candidates' reaction to Castro
Submitted on February 19th, 2008 by Jim LakelyThe statements each leading presidential candidate have made regarding Castro is telling, I think, to how they regard the cruel, despotic "revolutionary."
Hillary's is the weakest. Though she notes that Cuba is an "authoritarian regime," much of her language fails to hammer the point home. Indeed, it sounds like domestic campaign-stump boilerplate:
"Continue with the failed policies of the past?" Isn't that what she says to advocate electing a Democrat to the White House in November? To my ear, it a little weak. Maintaining a prison nation for your own glory, torturing and killing political dissidents, etc., strikes me as a little more serious than mere "failed policies of the past."
Then there's Obama, who is better -- more morally clear:
That's Obama's opening sentence. Strong. Clear. Good.
Then, the best, comes from McCain:
Specific. Strong. Using properly descriptive language -- without apology or weasel-phrasing.
I think those differences in instinctual language matter.
Typical Castro
Submitted on February 19th, 2008 by Jim LakelyHow appropriate that the long-winded Castro, even in releasing a retirement statement, can't help but to repeat himself.
It worked!
Submitted on February 19th, 2008 by JoelClearly, America's efforts to isolate the Castro regime have finally forced the dictator into submission!
No? Oh, well.
I kid, of course. But it's been remarkable to me in recent years how we've kept pursuing a policy that almost nobody thinks is effective or useful: Some of the loudest voices against the Cuba embargo have been Republican!
The voices in favor of keeping the embargo, though, have mostly come out of Florida, and we all know why they've carried extra weight. But it hasn't served our country well; hopefully there's a window here to do something that makes more sense.