Mike Lester for July 21, 2015

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    Dtroutma  almost 9 years ago

    Gitmo – the last resort on the island?

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    cocavan11  almost 9 years ago

    Lester is both myopic and blinkered.

    Compare the Cuban regime, with whom we haven’t traded for more than fifty years, and the Chinese regime, with whom we have traded furiously for decades.

    China is still disgustingly anti-human rights, but it’s not nearly as bad as it was BEFORE we commenced trade. In addition, Cuba was never, ever as bad as China was at its worst.

    I can’t imagine any ordinary Cuban citizen envies the human rights available to the ordinary Chinese citizen and I can’t imagine any ordinary Chinese citizen NOT envying the human rights accorded citizens in Cuba.

    Bringing Cuba into the fold so that it can benefit economically is a great, effective step to more liberty for all Cubans. Not to see that is willful blindness, i.e., stupidity.

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    Jason Allen  almost 9 years ago

    US allies have some of the worst human rights records in the world. Why does Mr Lester care about Cuba’s abuses, but now about China’s or Saudi Arabia’s?

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    frodo1008  almost 9 years ago

    Nobody has to trash the GOP, they are doing an absolutely terrific job of that, all on their own!!

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    dre7861  almost 9 years ago

    So Lester are you saying that the US should cut ties with any country that has political prisoners? If so I can’t wait to see Saudi Arabia vacate their embassy.

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    WestNYC Premium Member almost 9 years ago

    Hopefully the Castro brothers will cut back on the anti-American vitriol, someday.

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    MaryWorth Premium Member almost 9 years ago

    55 wasted years are nothing to be proud of…

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    PainterArt Premium Member almost 9 years ago

    55 years of the US trying isolate Cuba and political prisoners must be so proud of Cuba record of not imprisoning them.The US has been pouting and holding its breath for 55 years with nothing to show except us being blue in the face.

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    oneoldhat  almost 9 years ago

    first ussr propped up cuba then when it could not Venezuela took over but with the drop of oil prices it has handed the job of supporting cuba to bho

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    Dtroutma  almost 9 years ago

    Opening relations with Cuba is the best way to improve human rights there. That is why the former Batista supporters, like well, Cruz’s dad, don’t want better relations until there’s another Batista to open things up for the cartels and gambling interests of the U.S. Mafia again.

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    Dtroutma  almost 9 years ago

    Hey, Tom, why don’t you run down and demand to be let into Guantanamo to check things out?

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