I recently heard a local pundit on AM radio calling the "quiet" move to lift the Cuba travel restrictions as subterfuge. I would like to know the opinions of the .org.

I think the ban is dumb. counterproductive. childish. dinosaurs. pointless. non-equitable

First off, if you think the restrictions are valid please explain in detail, but you can save your commies- are-evil vernacular because the fact of the matter is that I can travel other communist nations with far less interference from my government, nations who have done far more damage to the world, nations who have directly or indirectly killed Americans, nations where my traveling there is pumping money into the evil communist economy. Russia. Vietnam. China. Anywhere in South America. I might also point out that in addition to being able to travel to those places, we also trade with them. Also, I can travel with less restrictions to places with non-communist governments who nonetheless have hostile intentions towards my nation, both stated and implied, dictators, "elected" officials and royal families. I can travel with less restrictions to nations where Americans are the targets of frequent crimes, even nations where the government is falling apart, nations where the government and police are corrupt, nations that abuse their people and their neighbors people, and with some paperwork, even nations in which we are involved in ground wars. I could also travel to a valid destination in Africa, then go into Somalia, come back and tell Customs I went to Somalia, and nothing would happen to me. If I did that with Cuba and I wasn't a missionary/journalist I'd be screwed.

Second, if you are Cuban exile sympathizer, or even a Cuban exile, I have 5 words for you: why should we care anymore? Sorry about what happened, really sucks for you, but the world still spins. Life goes on. I want to go on vacation, sit on a beach, drink rum and smoke cigars, and I have the money to do it. Why shouldn't I be able to do it in Cuba?

This is actually one of the few things a lot of "conservatives" and a lot of "liberals" agree on, albeit for possibly different reasons.

I sum it up mostly as a bunch of people still butt-hurt over a botched coup. For some it's a pride issue, for some their hopes of power were dashed, for some they or their families and friends were seriously harmed and are still harmed. Don't get me wrong, what happened there was horrible, the place is certainly ripe with issues still today, but again, I can go damn near anywhere else I want. Why not Cuba? Am I missing something?