October 10, 2003

Cuba Libre

Bush Seeks Ideas for Cuba Regime Change

Um? Here's a wacky idea: Wait a couple of years. Castro is already old and feeble. He's not going to last much longer.

Better yet, don't wait. Just buy the damn island. I.e., remove the freaking embargo and let Hilton and Mariott go in and turn the place into an island resort paradise for wealthy Americans, like it used to be. The much-needed hard capital leads to there being enough milk in the island for kids to drink and enough money in the island for Cuban mothers to buy milk. Plus, we squeeze the Europeans out so they don't end up owning the island. And the government, let alone its form, becomes irrelevant.

Posted by Greg at October 10, 2003 5:29 PM

Comments
#1 ::: Michael Croft ::: October 10, 2003 6:33 PM ::: link

Bay of Pigs II: Back to the Beach
Surprise Opening October 2004 at polling places everywhere...

#2 ::: Kevin J. Maroney ::: October 11, 2003 1:50 AM ::: link

By "island paradise", you of course mean "mafia-owned dictatorship", right?

#3 ::: Greg Morrow ::: October 13, 2003 9:08 AM ::: link

No, the word is pronounced "Poh-TAY-toh". I hope this helps.

#4 ::: Pete ::: October 13, 2003 10:29 AM ::: link

Ah, another golden foreign policy opportunity for the Morrow Administration.

North Korea needs Big Macs.