With the demise of the soviet union, it is immoral to keep them isolated. Sure they tried communism, and it fails, though it does do some good things, eg they don’t have 1/6 of their population without medical care because of economics. Think of what could happen to cuba, by looking at how well in some ways China is doing with their state communism / capitalism mix. If we swallowed our pride, told the cuban exile community that the goal is to help cuba become more productive and a better place for its people, and we are going to open up for them, it would be the moral thing to do. Sure the exile cuban community, who hate “castro’ would freak, but that is tough, they’ve got to get over their hatred. Raul would probably become more liberal, the people would be more prosperous, and as the leadership changes – the old guard doesn’t live forever, we’d ultimately end up with a Cuba that is like a lot of the European nations – a mix of capitalism and socialism. And last I looked, those European nations are our friends, although they will by 9 to 1 or better be thrilled that Bush and his Mob are soon to be gone. As well as will by a 3 to 1 margin Americans.

And notice what is happening in Cuba – gay and trans people are getting recognized as legitimate members of society. While much of America remains mired in the dark ages of homophobia, based on biblical hatred driven by republicans who use it to blind the people to how they have stolen our nation, and now the bill has come due.