Tear Down This Wall

[Hosakawa Tito]

An interesting article on a better use for Guantanamo Bay Naval Station.

It may be tempting to cut the knot with one blow, ending all trade and travel restrictions. But don't lift the embargo just to let big U.S. exporters deal directly with the island's jailers. Lift the embargo at Guantánamo Bay, and on our terms: direct trade with ordinary Cubans. Of course this is unrealistic. But it was unrealistic of Ronald Reagan to demand in 1987 that the Soviets tear down the Berlin Wall. He laid bare the tyranny that maintained the wall, and the people tore it down.

One can only hope that something like this could happen and leave a much better legacy for the place than it is known for now.

[KukriKhan]

An interesting article on a better use for Guantanamo Bay Naval Station.



One can only hope that something like this could happen and leave a much better legacy for the place than it is known for now.

Gitmo would make a fine Casino. In my opinion. Run by American Indian tribes. We ought to sell it for 6 trillion bucks. Solve the deficit, show today's Cubans the advantages of yank-style enterprenuership, et cetera.

[Vladimir]

Some Italian gentlemen tried that before. It didn't go over too well. Besides, all indigenous tribes on the island were either wiped out or assimilated.