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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCuban exiles and GOPers need to realize that the Cold War ended more than two decades ago
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riversedge
(70,094 posts)did this now. my feeling is that by nov 2016 the dust will have settled somewhat and the elders will see more benefits. but.......
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)Mika
(17,751 posts)Major Nikon
(36,818 posts)Where they claim Cuba "stole" land and property from them during and after the revolution. Their money and political influence stokes anti-Castro hate, which isn't hard to do in South Florida anyway. They have been insisting that any deal with Cuba must include "their" disputed property.
Mika
(17,751 posts)I'm pretty sure that Cuba is the only country we are banned by our gov't from freely traveling to.
I get your point, but, until the travel ban is done and FULL normalization occurs ... it's still on.
Donald Ian Rankin
(13,598 posts)I'm not sure that's relevant to US/Cuban relations, though.
davidn3600
(6,342 posts)He's sure acting like the cold war is still going on.
Feral Child
(2,086 posts)at least the Old guard, were Baptista supporters. Hardline conservatives and class elitists. many of them were extracted by the CIA, fellow travelers.
You can see that with Korea and Vietnamese also. The ones who could escape were helped out by CIA, MACV, Special Forces. People they owed favors too.
Even those that aren't hardliners were driven from their country. Of course they hate Castro.
To them, the Embargo punished Castro, they're too angry to think of those that couldn't get out.
I only know a few of the younger generation. Those that supported the Embargo are Legacy, they hate Castro because their parents or grandparents did. Some are tired of all the old hatred, they want to see their homeland.
CAVEAT: I mean no disrespect to any individual person of Cuban, Korean, or Vietnamese extraction. Many are fine citizens that harbor resentments and tend, therefore, to be conservative.
Vogon_Glory
(9,110 posts)Good advice, but Stoopid still sells in the GOP primaries. If Republican voters turned out to vote their personal interests instead of reacting to hot-button issues, people like Ted Cruz and Mike Lee would be political nobodies.
And as much as it bewilders me and infuriates me, "stoopid" sold very well in the last general election. Those voters who knew they were getting (Phillips-headed) by Republicans but who decided they were annoyed at President Obama stayed home instead of voting. So did too many potential voters who fail to notice that things have gotten worse for them since 1995, but still assume they'll be doing as well in late 2015 as they're doing right now.
4139
(1,893 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)McCain dreams about it every night.