As is always the case with left-wing journalists, it s what they leave out that matters. Dr Perdigao arrived at his conclusion after spending two days with Elian. That was another important fact our truth-loving journalists ignored, along with the awkward fact that two weeks before the video Elian had told ABC journalist Dian Sawyer the same thing. This statement is a grotesque travesty of the truth. In Cuba Elian would literally be the property of the state, completely without any rights whatsoever.
Parents are fortunate if they manage to see their children once a month.
It may be that he doesn t really believe this tripe at all. According to this pathetic line of reasoning motherless children should be locked up with criminal but loving fathers because love is more important than liberty. And this returns us to the fact that Elian s father is not free. He is an agent of a totalitarian state. Castro does the talking.