Rehabilitating Fidel

Winning the Cold War confirmed the United States as the victor in the great contest between liberty and various forms of tyranny that spanned the 20th century. Are we now squandering that prestige, on multiple fronts?

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For 47 years, and under nine different presidencies, America has been in a staring contest with Fidel Castro, the world's most resilient dictator. Now, America has decided to ease restrictions on travel to neighboring Cuba for those with family there, as well as restraints on financial transfers and the ban on licenses for cellular and television services into the country. The contention is that Cuban Americans will more often get to "see their mothers and fathers, their sisters and brothers," as then-candidate Barack Obama put it in a speech in Miami last May on Latin-American policy. "It's time to let Cuban-American money make their families less dependent upon the Castro regime," the then-candidate added at the time. More...

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