You are totally right, the democrats doesn`t seem to remember the reason for the embargo: the american properties robed by the cubans when the "revolution" wins. In fact, if you let the tourist go the island, the money will go the cuban goberment, not to the cubans (as everybody knows, but the congresists). Is very stupid to help dictatorships like the cuban (or my country`s Chavez) to go against the Unites States.
I have similar fellings about the commerce with the chinese, about the inmigration and the "minorities" rights, but they are another matter.
Yours
Carlos Rodriguez

I am completely in agreement, except for the attribution of naivete to these congressmen. I wish it wasn't so, but they are not naive at all, they know precisely what they are doing. A friend of mine told me he thinks we will have to suffer seeing Raul Castro having Cuban coffee at Versalles in a couple of years.

They are here...in Congress, the White House and everywhere else. Let's just hope I'm paranoid.

Helio