tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1291208782912518401.post154049494136855661..comments2009-10-07T08:16:12.937-07:00Comments on A Closer Look: Cuba, Sí! Obama, Sí!Wallace Kaufmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01122483903916231676noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1291208782912518401.post-69105479096874684922009-05-31T12:54:39.823-07:002009-05-31T12:54:39.823-07:00Yes, I'm different from Castro, besides being youn...Yes, I'm different from Castro, besides being younger and not having a nation to rule. More to the point is that the unrestricted flow of Canadians and Europeans have done nothing but strengthen the regime. The Castro management of tourists has also been effective propaganda by way of his showcases and diverting travel from revealing places. American tourism to Nicaragua didn't work either, though granted, Nicaragua didn't have the fine beaches. <br /><br />So the consideration is not simply more liberty for Americans, but whether more liberty for Americans might assure less liberty for Cubans.<br /><br />That said, I'd go with the liberty-maximizing policy. Mr. Obama, of course, will not. He's a liberal, and more importantly a politician. Politicians, in general, exist to restrict liberties. In the name of a greater good, of course.Wallace Kaufmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01122483903916231676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1291208782912518401.post-4151917606524761162009-05-31T09:07:41.465-07:002009-05-31T09:07:41.465-07:00Well now, here's an idea. Maybe Obama could just ...Well now, here's an idea. Maybe Obama could just stop restraining Americans from what they want to do (visit, do business with Cuba) in the name of freedom and liberty. Is he (are you?) really any different from Castro -- restraining individual liberty in the name of some kind of "morality"? Maybe the presence of all those fun loving and capitalistic Americans in Havana would have some salutory effect that politics has (obviously) been unable to produce.jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06424044990059609927noreply@blogger.com