Exile Leaders Quit GOP Over Migrants' Return

NBC 6 Miami ^

[Sherri]

"They said the move does not mean the group will support the Democrats, but rather that Cuban-Americans will vote for whoever supports their cause." Their cause being Cuba, so to hell with everything else? So much for their loyal conservitive values.Seems they are willing to sell out the good old USA.

[Cicero]

First I've heard of this. Was there a reason why the administration agreed to send them back?

[Sherri]

Hijacking of boats is a serious violations of international law and of United States law.

[Hugin]

So much for their loyal conservitive values.Seems they are willing to sell out the good old USA.

Since when is sending Cuban rufgees back to live (or die) under a brutal communist dictatorship a conservative value? Who is selling out who?

[KriegerGeist]

Florida is a state that G.W. cannot afford to lose in 2004.
I don't know why they don't just let the Cubans have asylum?
They seem to "Americanize" faster and better than the Mexicans.

Besides, it was a shame and a huge waste to sink that '51 Chevy truck...what a shame!

[BCrago66]

If you don't understand the principle of liberty, then it looks like you have already sold out the good ol' USA.

[jagrmeister]

>"I will repeat my earlier statement that hijackings of boats and aircraft are extremely serious violations of international law and of United States law," said an English language version of the statement provided by the U.S. mission in Cuba announcing the repatriations.

Drop the legalese. You have to use whatever means possible to escape the Cuban prison colony and if it means seizing a boat to make that possible, so be it. We shouldn't be aiding Cuba in imprisoning its people, we should welcome its people to our shores. Bush has work to do on this front. He won in Florida by the skin of his teeth- if he thinks that alienating the GOP bloc of Cuban voters by sending brave Cubans back to be tried in some kangaroo court is the way to go, he'll be the victim of his own bad judgment. It's not just bad politics, it's inhumane.

[jagrmeister]

I love how people throw around the phrase "international law" with little conception of its basis and how it is governed. International law is largely governed by treaties and America has no treaty with Cuba. It only keeps an office in the "Interests section" of the Swiss embassy. And the UN's dictates are unenforceable and objectionably vague. The term "international law" is used glibly and often in cases where people have no argument but want to borrow authority to their claim.

[DoughtyOne]

That's alright Sherri, evidently the nimnals of the forum don't remember back about twenty-five years when our planes were being hijacked to Cuba. It only stoped because me made an agreement that we would not accept hijackers into the US if Cuba wouldn't accept hijackers in to Cuba.

Folks, there are other ways to get to the US besides putting a gun in someone's stomach.

[BCrago66]

Actually, some of these recent "hijackings" put no bystanders in danger, and the very labeling of them in that manner was part of Castro's propaganda.

[fieldmarshaldj]

This is not the group we ought to be pissing off in Florida. I too was extremely outraged at sending these people back to that evil Marxist dictatorship. Cuban-Americans are about the most loyal and conservative of all Americans and these are precisely the type of people we want more of in this country. I urge all of us to write the White House and remind the President that it was the loyalty of Cuban-American voters in Florida that elected him and to change his policy towards those fleeing tyranny immediately.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Bingo.

[dennisw]

Cubans have the best immigration deal bar none. All they have to do is reach dry US land and they are home free. This does not apply to Haitians, Dominicans etc.

I have no problem with Cubans getting such favorable treatment due to communism. But the pick up truck boat did not reach US land so it's back to Cuba.

[BCrago66]

Tell that to the refugees sent back to Casto's prisons.

[dsutah]

I suspect this too! I got suspicious when I read who was putting this article out, something with NBC in it! Some of the people doing the complaining were Democrats too. I think someone is trying to make mischief here. It may be true that some people are p.o.-ed at GWB; but not that many!

I think the Dems. are trying to get back what they thought was their turf at one time. GWB hasn't been bad to these people. He's supported them in many ways. One act like this, and most of them are up in arms, and ready to desert him?

We don't even have a lot of the facts. We don't have the info. he has. We should at least wait until we have some more facts before we worry! A lot of these people share Republican values; I don't think they're going to up and desert GWB and the Republ. over this alone!

I wish we could know just who was on that 'boat', whoever they were! They weren't on dry land; they were 40 miles away, weren't they? We don't know if they were what they claimed to be(they could be criminals, for all we know!).

[Impy]

So what? What would you do if you lived on an island prison?

The founding fathers we all "criminals" too in the eyes of the British.