Good thing we sent him back..

[topless_mike]

Remember him?
http://www.pulitzer.org/year/2001/breaking-news-photography/works/elian2.gif

Yeah, he just pledged his alliance to Fidel and Raul. Fuck him.
linky link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080616/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cuba_elian_gonzalez)

[MisterSmith]

What do you expect? Fidel took a personal interest in Elian as soon as he landed in Cuba and had him thoroughly indoctrinated in Pro-Communist, Pro-Cuba rhetoric. Think of it like Stockholm Syndrome.

And it's not like Cuba is horrible; the only reason the US hates Cuba is because Fidel turned Communist when the US wouldn't support him. He got what he needed from whomever would supply it.

[Yerdaddy]

I can't imagine where we went wrong in the battle for that kid's heart and mind against Fidel's blatantly police-state propaganda machine? Did we forget to give him a corn dog or something?

[A.J.]

I can't imagine where we went wrong in the battle for that kid's heart and mind against Fidel's blatantly police-state propaganda machine? Did we forget to give him a corn dog or something?

A good waterboarding would have straightened him out.

[TheMojoPin]

And it's not like Cuba is horrible; the only reason the US hates Cuba is because Fidel turned Communist when the US wouldn't support him. He got what he needed from whomever would supply it.

QFMT. The Castros have often been totalitarian dicks, but by and large life in Cuba is made difficult by the continued economic embargo far more than anything else. And as much as people raised in the era of "commies = bad" hate to admit it, Castro has accomplished remarkable things in that country in terms of education, healthcare and dealing with poverty with what he has available to him.

[Zorro]

QFMT. The Castros have often been totalitarian dicks, but by and large life in Cuba is made difficult by the continued economic embargo far more than anything else. And as much as people raised in the era of "commies = bad" hate to admit it, Castro has accomplished remarkable things in that country in terms of education, healthcare and dealing with poverty with what he has available to him.

He also got the trains to run on time. Is life without freedom of expression worth it?

[TheMojoPin]

He also got the trains to run on time. Is life without freedom of expression worth it?

Are posts filled with inaccurate statements worth it? Start with watching Cuba cinema. The amount of political films made that make the post-revolutionary government, Castro included, looking like douches or being critical of the government in general is pretty amazing for a land where there's no "freedom of expression."

[topless_mike]

He also got the trains to run on time. Is life without freedom of expression worth it?

give him 1 year at newark airport. if he can turn that shithole around, then the answer is yes.

[Zorro]

give him 1 year at newark airport. if he can turn that shithole around, then the answer is yes.

You throw in Laguardia and I'll give up the whole Bill of Rights..

[EliSnow]

He was a young kid. If he had stayed here, at some point you'd see him right next to Gloria Estefan and Miami Frackin' Sound Machine at some anti-Castro rally and wearing the stars and stripes.

[ChrisBrown]

QFMT. The Castros have often been totalitarian dicks, but by and large life in Cuba is made difficult by the continued economic embargo far more than anything else. And as much as people raised in the era of "commies = bad" hate to admit it, Castro has accomplished remarkable things in that country in terms of education, healthcare and dealing with poverty with what he has available to him.

Well put. I completely agree.

[furie]

Remember him?
http://www.pulitzer.org/year/2001/breaking-news-photography/works/elian2.gif

Yeah, he just pledged his alliance to Fidel and Raul. Fuck him.
linky link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080616/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cuba_elian_gonzalez)

Fuck him? that's a bit of a strong statement. are you actually pisses about this?

[SatCam]

pretty good looking kid now

http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080616/capt.b7802762d45e4997b9b2b1eb8d947d51.cuba_elian_g onzalez_xlat104.jpg?x=180&y=269&q=85&sig=Nm7Ssr9E7x_K5.stjxextw--

[Chigworthy]

pretty good looking kid now
My balls & a-hole are wet.


Too much.

[PapaBear]

pretty good looking kid now

http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080616/capt.b7802762d45e4997b9b2b1eb8d947d51.cuba_elian_g onzalez_xlat104.jpg?x=180&y=269&q=85&sig=Nm7Ssr9E7x_K5.stjxextw--

http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2006/news/060807/elizabeth_smart.jpg

[topless_mike]

Fuck him? that's a bit of a strong statement. are you actually pisses about this?

not one bit. i really dont care. i just find lots of irony in it.

[TheMojoPin]

not one bit. i really dont care. i just find lots of irony in it.

What's ironic about it?

[keithy_19]

What's ironic about it?

The fact that the Castro sings him to sleep while holding the rifle by his head.

I still say Cuba was at its best when the mob ran it.

[furie]

not one bit. i really dont care. i just find lots of irony in it.

he conformed to the lessons he was indoctrinated to, that's not ironic. that's expected, the exact opposite of ironic.

[DarkHippie]

http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2006/news/060807/elizabeth_smart.jpg

I'd abduct her.

[PapaBear]

I'd abduct her.
She's 20 now, so it wouldn't be quite as illegal.