Are our Cuban friends hoping for a new Cuba?

Golo it did happen....

in Germany! when the wall came down all property
in the former communist section was returned to
the original owners from before the end of WW2.
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Life is dynamic and changes are the only guarantee. Only fools, (and there are a few) expect Cuba to be what it was. WE are not who we were. I can only speak for myself but I aim for a FREE Cuba, where the process is democratic and people choose what they say without fear and were Cubans can make choices, good or bad, about their lives. I aim for a Cuba where you are not you're not labeled "gusano" or "contrarrevolutionary" because you hold a different political view. I think that the tragedy of most Latin American countries is corruption and an absolute disregard for the people. I pray that we Cubans, (yes, us in Miami that have waited a lifetime to see Cuba free and yes, those in Cuba fighting against all odds) have learned enough to be able to rule Cuba as a sovereing country when the time comes. Viva Cuba Libre!

The land goes to he who has the bigger proverbial stick. The conquered lose, the conqueror wins. It's always been that way, it always will be that way. The stick just changes hands and he who holds the stick must constantly fight to keep what was taken. Maybe it will be taken by force in a moment, or maybe eaten away by taxes, laws, encroachment, or unrest.

The USA has been way too "nice" in foreign policy in a world full of rats and mosquitoes. If the rats keep gnawing and the mosquitoes keep biting, they will find themselves squashed. Americans are fat, lazy, complacent, and unaware. Now we are waking up. It isn't going to be pretty.

The bottom line, he who is in charge doesn't need a moral reason beyond "Cause I'll crush you". I say we get off the pot and to hell with the international and public facade. In the end, nobody is going to align themselves with anybody but the projected winner, and I don't think there is a question about whether or not the American-Canadian-European (yes, I left a few out but nobody significant - maybe Japan) alliance could stomp out any rat on the face of the earth so long as we stomp them individually (as we are about to start doing), brutally, and without haste. I'm sure our spin masters can come up with something to justify whatever actions are taken anyway and Americans are getting a ready to snap, crackle, and pop the crap out of the next perceived enemy to take a nip at us.

Fidel is still in power because Fidel has not been causing trouble, at least not enough to warrant action.

The conqueror is the conqueror and doesn't need "rights". He has the stick. Land will be redistributed in Cuba only if the fall of Fidel and his government is violent, sudden, and complete.

To hell with sovereignty. Each country's sovereignty is only as big as their stick (or the stick of their friend). Everything else is a facade. Remember, we have military base in Cuba. Cuba is not the enemy of the US government they are made out to be in public.

Interesting, objective view, very valid if you look at the situation from afar. I remain personal and emotional. So, you say, the stick is all that counts, ok, perhaphs. But I come from the old schoo...you know, that silly, outdated idealism.
I guess I was around for the executions and the brutality and the pain. No bleeding heart here. Let's just not forget the Cubans.