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On Tue, 21 Mar 2017 22:11:41 -0500, Mitchell Holman
<noemail@verizont.net> wrote:
>"Byker" <byker@do~rag.net> wrote in
>news:0-CdncmnOYWORFfFnZ2dnUU7-bHNnZ2d@earthlink.com:
>
>> Obama made a big deal about the resumption of U.S. carrier travel
>> to Cuba. JetBlue in particular got Obama's accolades. After all,
>> when the president of the United States sets the example for Cuba
>> tourist travel, showing how it's all tropical music, classic cars,
>> Cuban cigars, mojitos, and dancing like Beyoncé out on the Malecón,
>> who could resist?
>> http://www.reuters.com/article/us-cuba-usa-aviation-idUSKBN0U01XZ201512
>> 17
>>
>> However, JetBlue has cut back its flights "to better match demand."
>> http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/fl-bz-jetblue-cuts-cuba-capacity-2
>> 0170215-story.html
>>
>> It’s been joined by two other airlines, Silver and Frontier, fleeing
>> for their lives like Marielitos. They all said demand isn't what they
>> expected:
>> http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/todayinthesky/2017/03/13/s
>> ilver-airways-end-all-cuba-service/99131906/
>>
>> This is a fancy way of saying what's really going on: Cuba is a
>> tourist hellhole. The service sucks, the amenities are gross, the
>> place is thick with thieves and woman-gropers, the cost is high, and
>> the alternatives are out there. In fact, the Caribbean is loaded with
>> pleasant, accommodating destinations well worth a tourist's dollar for
>> a vacation. Taking a vacation at a communist military-run resort
>> really falls more into the Gulag category.
>>
>> How is this for tourist hell? Observers noticed Cuban customs
>> officials rummaging through tourist luggage and taking what they
>> wanted. When the tourists complained, they were thrown in jail:
>> http://www.capitolhillcubans.com/2016/10/exhibit-how-obamas-cuba-flight
>> s.html
>>
>> In fact, the place is a security risk because no professional or U.S.
>> or U.S.-standard officials are involved. Mangy street dogs are what
>> pass for security dogs in Havana:
>> http://www.capitolhillcubans.com/2016/10/wapo-security-risk-at-cubas-ai
>> rports.html
>>
>> You can expect cockroaches in your breakfast cereal and tourist
>> bulletin boards say bring your own toilet paper:
>> https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g147273-d550565-r200592377-
>> Club_Amigo_Carisol_Los_Corales-Santiago_de_Cuba_Santiago_de_Cuba_Provin
>> ce_Cuba.html
>>
>> Cuba's officials aren't even interested in making their foreign
>> investors happy. American businesses have but one purpose, according
>> to reports: to serve through their presence in Havana as bait to
>> attract other sucker businesses, the better to rob them all.:
>> http://www.capitolhillcubans.com/2016/11/us-companies-see-grim-outlook-
>> in-cuba.html
>
>
>
> Cuba is a tourist hellhole, to be sure.
>
> So are Togo and Ghana and Liberia and
>Guyana and Suriname and whole raft of places.
>
> But that is beside the point. The embargo
>against Cuba because it was communist makes
>no sense when the US openly trades with
>communist China and communist Vietnam, neither
>of which have such archaic "embargoes" on them.
>
> Obama was right, lift the futile embargo
>and let the Americans decide for themselves
>which countries they want to visit. In the
>meantime you are now free to enjoy Cuban rum
>and Cuban cigars without breaking the law.
>
> Ain't freedom grand?
Ask a Cuban...
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