By Patrick Appel
A paragraph from Roger Cohen's piece in Sunday's NYT magazine:
...if the embargo had come down then, back in 1989, I doubt the [Castro] regime would have survived. But the grudges were too deep, and a mistake was made. Today the policy makes little sense. The United States dislikes Chávez but maintains diplomatic relations with Venezuela. I think Obama should add to the measures he has already announced by offering to open full diplomatic relations with Cuba immediately.
Jake Colvin thinks the time is ripe.
This article available online at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2008/12/ending-the-embargo/207643/
