Even the Supreme Court has since accorded the US the right to kidnap alleged criminals abroad to bring them to justice here. The US has never been short of good will for the suffering people of the world who have to be protected from the machinations of evil-doers. As for the Post's love of democracy, charity dictates silence. Its peers scarcely differ. The Cuban record demonstrates with great clarity that the Cold War framework has been scarcely more than a pretext to conceal the standard refusal to tolerate Third World independence, whatever its political coloration.
Traditional policies remain beyond serious challenge within the mainstream.
The most obvious questions are ruled illegitimate, if not unthinkable. A cautious policy would be to tighten the stranglehold, resorting to economic and ideological warfare to punish the population while intimidating others to refrain from interfering. As suffering increases, it can be assumed, so will protest, repression, more unrest, etc., in the predictable cycle. Transitory tactical concerns might accelerate the process, if a need is felt to arouse jingoist passions. Go to the next chapter .