http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/02/19/castro/index.html
With Fidel Castro resigning and giving power to his brother, Raul Castro, should change be expected? This question seems to have split opinions. Some Cubans believe that there is hope for its people to have more freedoms, no matter who the next president is. Others believe, however, that there is little hope for any change because it is just one dictator replacing another. So why did people either love Fidel as a leader or hate him?
Some people see social progress that Fidel's reign has made. There is better health care, less racism, and universal education. Many of his supporters, in fact, blame the U.S. embargo for the economic problems that Cuba has. People who disliked Castro as a leader, however, felt that his continued defense of a totalitarian model only created misery and unhappiness for all of Cuba's people. President Bush feels that the international community should help create a democratic system in Cuba in order to better the peoples' lives. Should the U.S. intervene in another countries internal battle? It all depends on how you look at things. My opinion is that we should not go try to "help out" another country unless they ask for our help. It is possible that the people respect Raul Castro and want to keep the government the way it is. The people who feel differently may attempt to overthrow him, just as Fidel overthrew Fulgencio Batista. That is when the U.S. will attempt to help out Cuba.
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I think that this is absolutley right. America should only intervene when the public seems to support a heavy opposition to the new leader. The only problem is though that maybe the Cubans are so severly opressed that they dont have the morale, education or resources to oppose the government. So in essence they might want him out badly, but fear for their lives if they oppose. Either that or they just dont know that their is a problem because there so used to that lifestyle, and they are isolated in a way due to being on an island.
No I do not think the US should intervene unless asked to. Forcing democracy onto a nation has its hardships as can be seen from Iraq. It takes years and years of conflict and unrest for a new social system to establish itself. And in the end, if the people did not welcome it to begin with, then it will never prove successful. It's like the saying: "Some of the worst things are done with the best intentions." Just because democracy works for the US doesn't necessarily mean it will work for everyone.
So, I agree with Nordstrom's comment that america should only intervene when the Cuban public want help in opposing the new Cuban leader.
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