Peter Brookes is a Heritage Foundation senior fellow and a former deputy assistant secretary of defense. Today, he posted KEEP THE EMBARGO, O:
"Lifting the embargo won't normalize relations, but instead legitimize -- and wave the white flag to -- Fidel's 50-year fight against the Yanquis, further lionizing the dictator and encouraging the Latin American Left.
Because the economy is nationalized, trade will pour plenty of cash into the Cuban national coffers -- allowing Havana to suppress dissent at home and bolster its communist agenda abroad."
As we have written before, the Castro brothers are looking for a bailout.
Let's not bailout a corrupt dictatorship. Force them to make real "change", such as releasing political prisoners and putting the country on a path to multi-party elections.
P.S. Let's not forget what candidate Obama said in Florida during the election:
