From: "Jeff Shultz" 

Who says my tagline has anything to do with the current conversation?

The 11th Court of Appeals didn't instruct the Clinton administration to do
what they did, although Clinton tried to imply that it did in his
explanation.

Cuba is still a Communist dictatorship, where the government owns
everything - and attempts to own your mind as well. Castro has said that
Elian will spend a minimum of three months in a psychiatric hospital
when/if he returns. Elian's father won't have custody - the Cuban Gov't
will.

Up to 10 years ago, it didn't matter who you were... if you made it across
the Florida straits - or even outside the 12 mile line - you were happily
welcomed to America. The thought of forcibly returning someone to a
Communist dictatorship, any Communist dictatorship,  was absurd.

And if Cuba is such a wonderful place that would have all of it's problems
solved if only the dumb Americans would normalize relations... well,
apparently the Canadians are on good terms with Cuba, and I believe the
Swiss as well - how many other countries does Cuba have happy diplomatic
relations with?

Why haven't these relations turned Cuba into a prosperous jewel in the Caribbean?

--
Jeff Shultz
http://www.wvi.com/~jbshultz
As a student, my job is asking questions. "Paul Ranson"
 wrote in message news:390dce10{at}w3.nls.net...
> > How do I find answers without asking questions?
>
> Do you expect to be given the answers? How will you choose the 'right'
> answer?
>
> Will any answer change your beliefs? You've taken a position on Elian,
> you're supporting it by asking rhetorical questions introducing strawmen.
> The essential principles of the small set of extreme right wing US opinion
> that asserts Elian should be separated from his father and brings up
Hitler,
> Clinton and 'Storm Troopers' appear rather vague and insubstantial. I
think
> it is up to you to produce some answers.
>
> Paul
>
>
>

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