Cuba doesn't have enough to offer. We've had better relations with China for the past thirty years. How different are China and Cuba in terms of political ideology and humantarian concerns?
China just offers up a larger potential market and more labor. We've done more for North Korea than Cuba. -----Original Message----- From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 8:57 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Castro Takes A Digger So to punish Cuba for its effrontery, wanting to chart a course that was independent of the US, they've been punished for the last 40 years. If the US isn't so frightened by Cuba, then why the sanctions? larry On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 10:22:25 -0500, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You are exactly right, and if I was a Cuban, i'd feel cheated in both > regards. > > Why can't I have a country with a high literacy rate, excellent healthcare, > AND the freedoms that other countries enjoy? It's nice that Castro did some > good things for my country, but how come I had to sacrifice so many freedoms > in the process? > > So...Fidel, thanks for the effort, but it's time for this country to take > the next step..... > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Larry C. Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 10:11 AM > Subject: Re: Castro Takes A Digger > > > When you argue whether Castro was/is good for Cuba, remember what he > > replaced. The Batista regime was one of the most corrupt in the world > > at the time. Before Castro, literacy rates were extremely low, except > > if you were part of the priviledged classes, and health care was > > non-existant, again unless you were you were part of the priviledged > > classes. Disssent was treated about as harshly as now. > > > > What's the difference - now people are educated, and have excellent > > health care - most children survive into adulthood etc. > > > > Castro's predessor was essentially bought and paid for by US interests > > and ran the country to the benefit of his US sponsors. > > > > You can talk all you want about the tyrrany of Castro, but given what > > came before he's mainly a Cuban patriot/ > > > > larry > > > > > > On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 09:40:23 -0500, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > Angel wrote: > > > > Maybe Bush doesn't have to drag a few teachers out into a field. > > > > By his policies he can kill thousands upon thousands without actually > pulling the trigger. > > > > > > No disagreement there! I think Iraq has proved that. While you can > > > argue that Mr. Hussein was doing a fair share of killing too, Mr. > > > Bush's duty is to protect America. All invading Iraq has done is > > > create more terrorists and depleted our military and monetary > > > resources. > > > > > > > How many educated Cubans have *you* spoken to recently? > > > > Have you ever been there? > > > > > > Yes and Cubans would argue that all of them are more educated than > > > Americans. If your point is that Castro has been good for Cuba, I'm > > > not going to agree with you there. > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=34 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:132326 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
