Comments on: A Decade Later: Elian Gonzalez

By: JAMES

JAMES — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:58:26 +0000

That was the ONLY right thing to do. It was my opinion at the time that the “international Incident” was going to escalate when the father came here to fight for his son, because I figured he would seek asylum at that point. One can only wonder what threats against his new wife and family were made before he left Cuba. After all, that would have been an embarassment to Castro. Given the fact that Elian was returned to his father and family in Cuba, as was right, why didn’t our government move faster to insist that the same thing be done when Sean Goldman’s mother died in Brazil? Why did his father have to fight so much harder and longer? Where was our government helping him?

By: JAMES

JAMES — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:53:55 +0000

That is why he and his family are under the regime’s watchful eye. For his part, Castro “rewarded” Elian’s father with a “better life” than what he would have had in Cuba, for not defecting himself when he came here to fight for his son, IMO.

By: gumply

gumply — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 03:55:04 +0000

Elian doesn’t look like he has much enthusiasm showing on his face. I am thinking that he is just biding his time. he will never forget his mom and what happened to her and that they were trying to escape to freedom. (joke). We just think were free.

I am betting that if he could have one wish he wouldn’t be there.

By: Stothes

Stothes — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 02:51:43 +0000

First and foremost, I’m glad he was returned to his father. The rest is just politics…