The law, signed by Clinton while we were in Havana, is punitive and retaliatory, hurting the poorest of the poor. But Cuba is a western hemisphere nation that won't succumb to U.S. dominance. We tried invasion 35 years ago, but we were unsuccessful. So now we pursue a blockade, whose author is Senator Jesse Helms, not the luminary we need for creative American vision. I believe that both of the political parties are pandering to the Cuban-American vote in Miami.
Political ambition is a perverted base on which to found international policy.
So U.S. Senators of a variety of faiths have voted to limit the milk and eggs of children in Cuba. It is a dark moment. But I fear that few will notice the darkness. Rod Sinclair lives in Blacksburg, Virginia.