It’s just never made sense to me. It seems like we could do far better by making them our friends. And screw that group down in Miami who dream of being like their grand parents were. PS

Then, both Dems and Repukes alike blame Cuba's gov't for creating an impoverished country - (btw, a poor nation that has pretty good universal health care and education). I see that blame the victim BS here too.

For some reason, the logic is: regular everyday Cuban have a dictatorship that causes suffering ... the US solution? ... to collectively punish regular everyday Cubans - most of whom were born after the 1959 Revolution - and cause more suffering.

How does anyone think that will "bring Cubans into the fold"? If anything, it does the opposite.

Btw, I should mention that I am a Cuban-American in Miami - and we don't all think alike ... as usual, the ultra right wingnuts get the media's attention, and real news of what is going on in Cuba is essentially blacked-out.

Sometimes, well most of the time, simplistic answers are not good. I have been frustrated by our relations with Cuba since the 70s. Just never made sense. Glad to know there are some more than responsible Cuban-Americans in Miami. Yeah, I pretty much did the paint ever one with the same brush. Sorry and thanks again for your reply.

Quite often, all I get in response is retrograde Cold War era BS and information from 3rd party sources that haven't been to/in Cuba.

I go often. It's not the human rights hellhole that US propaganda depicts. Cuba is poor, but, it's mostly due to our aforementioned topic - the sanctions.

I hope you'll subscribe to this LatAm forum. It's full of great information that's not covered in US media.

Looking forward to seeing you around.

I’ve sort of been meaning to…mainly because I’m appalled at my lack of knowledge about it. Time to spend some of my retirement time usefully.

Never would have imagined the Hill could be tempted to take such a "shocking" position on Cuba!

It has always been the rabid, criminally insane radical right driving and sustaining the belief the US should re-seize control of Cuba, put a puppet back in charge, and get them back to work, looking out for US military and financial interests, under direct control of Washington, D.C., just like a good colony should.

... as those of us who pay attention know, the inhumane US sanctions that harm everyday struggling Cubans has always been a bipartisan undertaking.

Conversely, the efforts to end the sanctions has been bipartisan also - but without the same virulent hateful BS as the anti-Cuba crowd project - many red state and blue state governors seek trade relations with Cuba to freely sell their agricultural products.

The rabid wing nuts you mention, sadly, are representatives within both parties.