What part of “exile” don’t these morons understand?
When you leave the land of your birth for political reasons (I can assure the Compost that many, many Cubans saw the writing on the wall years before Castro seized power) and you can never return to live there as a citizen, you are an EXILE.
So, the Jews that left Europe in 1929, 1930, 1932, etc. were not exiles because Hitler had not yet come into power? Despite persecutions and pogroms? When they were successful in reaching America they were what? Tourists?
The reasoning of the lefties on this one is ludicrous. I hope Pat Buchanan sets them all right with a couple of good history lessons.
They are thinking of refugees rather than exiles.