Reply #5: When The Cubans Vote For Recognition... [View All]

[KharmaTrain]

I agree that the Cuban blockade has been a total failure and it's long overdue to end this last dinosaur of the Cold War era. Cuba is no threat to this country. I remember the days when US planes would regularly end up going to Havana...that was 40 years ago.

This is no longer an international matter but one of domestic politics. As long as either party thinks they can get a few extra votes from Florida Cubans for supporting a boycott or profiling, that's the way things will be. My bets are you couldn't find any evidence of why there is a boycott in the first place or any legitimacy for it, but since it's been such a political football for so long, the party's figure it's more important to get the South Florida votes than to lift the embargo.