He wants his son. Yet America wants to ignore the father. This is the same America, where, if a man turns his back on his children, we call him deadbeat, worthless, even a criminal. But we are now acting as though this boy's father has no right to claim his son. America, in her arrogance, is showing what she really thinks about fathers.
Men are drones, good only for breeding.
In America, it seems fathers come nowhere close to being as vital in the healthy life of our children as mothers do. I don't know Elian's father. I have no idea what life is like in Cuba. But I knew my father, and I knew that regardless of the life he wanted for me, I wanted to be with him, not somebody else. Granted my dad chose to do what he thought was best for me, and there were times when I felt he didn't love me.