Cuba

President Obama, after meeting with Mexico's president to discuss many topics, principally how to deal with the drug war on our common border, is off to Trinidad for a meeting of the countries of the Americas. One hot topic is the USA relationship with Cuba. The vast majority of countries feel it is time to end the embargo and for the USA to open normal trade relations with Cuba.

Now I know, Cuba is a communist country, ruled by a dictator and has a poor record on human rights. Thank God we do not have trade relationships with other countries who fall into that category. (Forget about China, Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. Not to mention those that aren't communist but a definitely are run by dictators and have no human rights.)

I think the time has come for the USA to let Cuba back into the fold. After all, some of the most successful business people in southern Florida are Cuban. Let them head home and maybe they can help stimulate the economies of both countries. If we open relations with Cuba, the Castro boys will be forced, slowly but surely, to relinquish power, just like it happened in all of the Iron Curtain countries.

The time has come to forget about being mad the CIA misjudged that Castro would oust Batista, the nose bleed of the Bay of Pigs and the bad mouthing Fidel has given us for decades. Let's grow up and move forward. For our economy to revive, we need good trading relationships with our Americas neighbors. Opening up trade and travel with Cuba is an enormous good well gesture that will cost us very little in the long run.

Its Common Sense!