Why are they afraid of travel to Cuba? - Reader comments at The New York Sun

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CUNY Students' Trip to Cuba 'Propaganda'

Submitted by John McAuliff, Mar 4, 2008 09:50

People who oppose travel to Cuba either have no confidence in American values and independent mindedness or want to prevent Americans from seeing a far more complex reality than their political views acknowledge.

Doesn't it bother Rep. Fossella and Mr. Wiesenfeld that part of the unpopularity of the US in our hemisphers is that we look and behave like an old fastioned colonialist bully toward Cuba? Our unilateral embargo has been condemned by the UN for the past 16 years, most recently by 184 to 4.

Israel is our only significant ally on this issue and they make no effort to bar their own people from going to and investing in Cuba.

Cuba is the only country in the world we are not allowed to travel to by our government. Does it make sense to deny Americans a fundamental Constitutional freedom, ostensibly in the name of supporting the freedom of Cubans?

John McAuliff

Fund for Reconciliation and Development, 145 Palisade Street, Suite 401, Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522

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George Rosquist

Mar 7, 2008 07:13

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RONBO

Mar 5, 2008 11:08

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Robert Kent

Mar 4, 2008 21:27

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AKL

Mar 4, 2008 18:35

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a Brooklyn College Faculty member

Mar 4, 2008 16:48

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Mar 4, 2008 10:45

People who oppose travel to Cuba either have no confidence in American values and independent mindedness or want to prevent...

John McAuliff

Mar 4, 2008 09:50

The fundamental American freedom that Mr. McAuliff refers is the same freedom that the Cuban people have been denied for... [MORE]

Rogelio Perez Leiva

Mar 4, 2008 13:44

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John McAuliff

Mar 4, 2008 21:47

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