Is it time to end the US trade embargo with Cuba?

[KafirChobee]

Bull-headed stick-it-out policy is so 2003.

Gah! You hit it on the nail! LOL!! One might say "It's so 1957".

As a kid, I recall stores selling Castro style hats with beards - they were in ALL the stores. He was a hero here, for about a week (I know it was longer, but a week sounds neat ... eh?). Then suddenly he said something about communism, or socialism, or redistributing the wealth ... something like that anyway - and he became another boogeyman. Now this commy bad guy was 90 miles away - so, naturally we had to kill him. We drove him right into the Soviets hands - not that he wasn't going down that broke yellow brick road on his own.

Fifty years, and numerous embarrassments - Bay of Pigs (Ike's plan, JFK inherited it, but restricted our troops involvement to Special OPS), numerous outlandish assassination attempts (would have taken one suicide bomber), etc. Of course we did get through October 1962 (Missiles of Oct.) with concessions and agreements - basically we escaped MAD by the wits of Kennedy and a few advisors. After that though, it was a we hate Cuba because we hate Castro. Period. Every attempt by a Prez since then has ended up with egg on his face, because Castro still thinks he's a revolutionary - he gives a rats tail about the betterment of Cuba or its people - his concern is with keeping power.

Regardless, had we raised the embargo - we would have crushed him by opening the od Cuba markets to our goods. Face it, the Cubans (atleast those I know) love the opportunity to make money - profit - as much as anyone.

[Note: the Cubans here in Florida (America and else where - other than Cuba) hate Castro because he stole their lands and propertys for the peasants. It is all about property. Nothing more.]

Raise the embargoes and you end Castro's reign - all the Castros.