>>American citizens with cuban heritage, are americans and [should] have no proxy in cuba's affairs. If someone feels that strongly they would do what castro's side did:risk life, hold their ground and not flee. When they fled, just like aristede, they forfeited their proxy, os so it would seem.
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>Leaving your homeland is a most difficult thing. Many persons came to the United States throughout our history to flee for their lives. From your statement I take one example: The Jews should have stayed in Germany and German occupied territories during the reign of Adolph Hitler. Surely that would have made a difference.

Look at the Palestinian struggle - they are holding their ground - despite the fact that a Palestinian man, women or child, in some west bank ghetto, is dying every hour from apache fire raytheon rockets!