6/05/00 5:30 p.m.
It's Official: Eli�n Case Was About Rule of Power
Law had nothing to do with it.
By Jonah Goldberg, NRO Editor
It�s difficult to write about Eli�n Gonz�lez these days without
sounding like a crank. After all, the forces of truth and light
have lost and the Clintonites have won. By complaining about such
things one runs the risk of sounding like one of these
mean-spirited conservatives that we read so much about in the New
York Times and the Washington Post. You know, these puppy-kicking
Neanderthals who just can�t come to grips with the fact that
Clinton was elected, FDR got away with Yalta, the water got
fluoridated, Nixon resigned, etc., etc.
Fortunately, being considered a crank would be a huge step up for
my public reputation, so I don�t care too much about that. But
there are other problems. In short, there�s not much left to be
said, and there�s no one left to persuade. Almost every angle�s
been covered and the American people just don�t care. So, Eli�n
will go back to Cuba and everyone will be happy and peppy and
bursting with love (what�s that from?).
Then, when Eli�n comes back to the United States in fifteen years
or so, either on a raft � if Castro�s alive � or on an American
Airlines daily nonstop � if he�s dead � and says �Why did you
send me back there?� Americans in huge majorities will say they
were against it at the time, etc. Indeed, this reveals the key
reason why Bill Clinton will go down in history as a mediocre
President. People don�t remember the back story or context of a
decision, they only remember the decision.
George Bush was always ahead of, or against, public opinion on
the Gulf War, and that�s why it will go down as a great
accomplishment. Bill Clinton walks around with a broom behind the
elephant and calls it leadership. A decade from now, he won�t be
able to say �Well, the American people supported me,� as an
excuse for why he went down in history as a caretaker president.
Nevertheless, it is nice for scorekeeping purposes to see that
the 11th circuit court exposed the essential lie of the Clinton
administration�s handling of Eli�n. Throughout the whole saga,
Clinton insisted that he was upholding �the rule of law.� In
public, he used the phrase �rule of law� as often as he says,
�can I get extra fries with that?� in private. But the Court
ruled quite unequivocally that sending Eli�n back to Cuba was
nothing more than a policy preference. �It has been suggested
that the precise policy adopted by the INS in this case was
required by �law,�� wrote the Judges. �That characterization of
this case, however, is inaccurate.� The government of the United
States decided to send Eli�n back to Cuba. Its hands were never
tied, the �rule of law� was never the issue. They could have gone
the other way, they just didn�t want to. But, saying it was about
the law, they gave voters the opportunity to say �Well, my
opinion doesn�t matter, this is about the law.�
By insisting that it was out of their hands (like Steve
Guttenberg in Diner) the administration not only lied, they
miseducated the public on what the rule of law means. Those on
both Left and Right who believe that sending Eli�n back to Cuba
was the right thing to do should at least ask themselves why the
president didn�t have the courage to admit what he was doing. If
it�s the right thing, why not take credit for doing the right
thing?
There is one last little lie that I�d like to address. For some
reason, the Left doesn�t care very much about brainwashing and
oppression so long as they agree with the content of the
brainwashing and the oppression is toward lofty ends. That�s why
nobody seems to care about the fact that Eli�n is being
re-indoctrinated to Communism through the �Young Pioneers� while
still on U.S. soil.
Yesterday Greg Craig, Bill Clinton�s Emissary for Cuban
Sycophancy and Propaganda, dismissed any anger over the Young
Pioneer as so much silliness by those hot-blooded �people� down
in Florida. �I know that symbolically, it angers a lot of people
in Miami. But it�s a six-year-old, and I don�t see that there�s
any reprogramming or brainwashing going on at all. They�re trying
to reconnect with his old friends, his old classmates and his old
teacher,� Craig said on Meet the Press.
And if it were a meeting of the Hitler Youth? Would that be
harmless, so long as they stuck to the three R�s? I don�t
consider that hyperbole, so I�ll probably lose some liberals who
go soft when it comes to totalitarianisms of the Left. But these
are the same people who think school prayer in the United States
is one giant leap to theocracy. Again, ask yourselves: Do you
think indoctrination is bad, or just indoctrination you don�t
agree with?
Ever hear of Pavlik Morozov? For almost three generations, every
child in the Soviet Union, and many of her colonies, had to learn
about this great Soviet Hero. Young Pavlik was the leader of his
Young Pioneers group in his village. He turned in his own father,
a Soviet official, for dealing with Kulaks (so-called �rich�
peasants). Other versions have it that he turned in his parents
for hoarding grain. Regardless, young Pavlik was killed by a mob,
and he quickly became a Martyr for Communism. Thousands of
schools put on plays telling his story. Children were told there
was no greater hero than Young Pavlik, who put the State above
his own family.
Indeed, the Cuban constitution still reflects this view. It says
that parental authority is contingent upon state approval, and
that children are, in essence, the property of the State.
Clinton, Reno, and Craig assert with profound condescension that
sending Eli�n back to Cuba is the best thing possible for
parents� rights. �What is surprising is that it took so long to
reach this decision and that politics intruded in it in such a
fashion as to put parental rights in real jeopardy,� Craig said
on Meet the Press about the 11th circuit ruling.
What a hero.
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