I would love it if the Cuban people rose up and turned on their oppressors in order to rule themselves. The government there is evil and there's no looking past that. However, I don't see the Cubans rising up from within. So...
Let the Castro brothers claim victory. Our tourists will create a market economy and sow the seeds of outside ideas. European and Canadian tourists already go there in small numbers. Let them (and us) flock there. There are miles of pristine beaches, good weather, plentiful sugar cane, and lots of cigars to go around.
Democracy and a little Capitalism will follow someday after the Castros are gone. Democracy won’t if the Cuban people are continually taught to hate and fear us. They'll be content to be as they are... a backward, isolated nation. Cubans can enact laws to ensure partial Cuban ownership of everything so they don't get overrun by commercial interests again. Mexico does it.
If I were elected President, my first foreign trip would be to Cuba, not Canada as tradition holds (Bush II went to Mexico first). I would speak to the "Congress" and announce the intention to drop sanctions immediately on live TV. I'd also blast the sitting government and let them know there's something better out there. Cuba can be a land of opportunity. Then I'd leave and watch the beanstalk grow.
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