Lonesome, the sanctions have deprived decent, ordinary people of food. Some of them have died in consequence. (Follow that link I gave to the US Committee on World Health report if you can face the details). Doug R said he'd have supported those sanctions if they'd looked like toppling Castro.

Cuba has delivered better survival rates for under-fives than anywhere in the states; better than anywhere in the world. Forget how it's brought to account. He's done this in a country that has been impoverished by American bullying.

What right has DougR or anyone else to support a policy aimed at toppling any nation regime, much less one with such a record of achievement in health and education (remember that illiteracy thread? haha) by inflicting misery and death on the civilian population?

When I signed up to Mudcat, no-one said anything about having to tolerate intolerance, and I for one don't intend to do so.