Poor people are the only ones who can afford to live under Communism because they have nothing to lose. When Castro first assumed power, the first thing he did was start executing everybody who opposed him, which would be the more well off people who had something to lose. Many of them escaped to America where, last I heard, their descendants were doing relatively well. Americans generally welcomed these immigrants because they felt sorry for them. This kind of backfired on us when Castro allowed a bunch of mental patients and common criminals to come here, which might be how AIDS first got into the country. I seem to remember that AIDS used to be called "Castro's Revenge" for awhile, but you don't hear about that anymore. I used to think that the best way to oppose Communism was to cut off all their trade and foreign aid, like we used to do to Red China, but I'm not so sure about that anymore. Red China has become more capitalist over the years, but 70 years of economic isolation doesn't seem to have changed Cuba much.
That Elian thing got all blown out of proportion by politics. If his father had been an American, there would have been nothing to argue about. It seemed so tragic to turn an innocent child over to the evil ones, but they obviously took good care of him, probably in an effort to make their regime look good. The poor kid was used as a propaganda pawn by both sides, but he seems to have come out of it okay, as okay as anyone can be living in Communist Cuba.
I wish I could be assured that, before getting involved in Yemen, our government will make an effort to determine who are the good guys and who are the bad guys over there but, as my immigrant grandmother used to say, "Wish in one hand, shit in the other, and see which one fills up first."
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