Bush is after Cuba now?

US President George W Bush has announced fresh measures designed to hasten the end of communist rule in Cuba.

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Mr Bush said the punitive measures were being introduced because the Cuban leader, Fidel Castro, had acted with "defiance and contempt and a new round of brutal oppression that outraged world conscience."

<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3181048.stm>



Okay, now this getting ridiculous, but then again it is an election year and I'm sure he will be pulling out all the stops. However, to try and "police" the world is not going work.

They are on the wrong side of every issue that i can think of, including the Limbaugh drug abuse.

things like this in response to Bush's attack against Cuba yesterday:

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (Conn.) called for a hard-line approach, saying that Bush "must match his rhetoric on Cuba with strong action, something he has failed to do in the past."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8163-2003Oct10.html

Bashing Bush for something the Dems are doing themselves is the epitome of hypocrisy don't you think?

I'm just stating the obvious...it's ludicrious to think we can police the world.

As far as Lieberman, there is only one line to his quote. I haven't heard the "rest of the story" from him, however, Florida being the hotly contested state in 2000 wouldn't surprise me as something he would "prop" up.

and basicly defenseless. Bu$h only invades countries that can't do much to defend themselves.

Of course, serious threats like North Korea and Israel are ignored.

Cuba may be 'defenseless' in its own capacity, but I somehow doubt that they would be alone if Bushco. invades. Also, Castro being 'defiant', how dare he?!

Just makes us look bad when we are proven wrong. If the people in Cuba don't like Castro, they will get rid of him without our help. They did it once to a puppet dictator we supported. Why do we think they are helpless to do it again if Castro is so bad. The truth is Castro has helped more downtrodden than we want to believe. Cuban literacy rates are higher than our own, socialized medicine makes whatever healthcare that is available accessible to all, Cuba dispatches more physicians to needy countries that we do, education is free to all in Cuba. So what is the big deal?

http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/10/10/bush.cuba/index.html

I love this quote. Bush called elections in Cuba "a sham". He should know!

These nutballs in DC played too much Risk as kids...

That's stupid. Brazil just signed a 200000 million trade pact with Cuba and many people from Europe go and visit there. It won't do any good to strengthen the embargo.

I hope they don't restrict academics. I was planning on going there next year.

smart enough on his staff to say these simple words, "Mr President, you have fucked up enough things during your presidency sir, time to spend your remaining days cutting brush in Crawford".

He's playing up to the Cuban-Moronicans in Miami who vote Republican as a knee-jerk reflex--never mind the economic and humanitarian reality of Cuba's Cubans, as long as the fantasy comes wrapped in anti-Castro rhetoric. These are the deluded people who believe as soon as Castro is history, the country will return to its (shameful) Batista glory and they will be able to go back and reclaim all their former assets. Much like the Bushies, they don't give a crap about America, and are willing to flush its political future down the toilet for their own ends.

I am sorry to say there are still a lot of them, some in my own family included. :puke:

But I turned my dad. He votes Dem now.