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According to Castro, the first order of business will be to put Elian in a "reorientation" camp to purge him of the capitalist and democratic elements he was exposed to in the U.S. He will be taught to view his mother as a traitor for trying to abduct him to the United States. He will be paraded around as a Communist icon, as Castro has already made him into the largest existing piece of anti-American propaganda in the country. As an adolescent, Elian will be forced to leave his family to provide labor for the Communist State...
...Government presume that it knows what is in the best interests of Elian? Has Janet Reno ever lived under the yoke of a communist dictatorship? Let's ask ourselves this: who knows more about what life is really like in Cuba--Janet Reno or the Cuban-Americans who fled Castro's regime to look for a better life in America...
...dissociate political motives from this issue, but if any party is to remain true to the best interests of the boy it should be the Cuban-American community. The particular experiences of Cuban-American exiles afford them a special insight into the matter. Yes, the exiles resent Fidel Castro, but they are not blinded by their hatred. Instead, they are keenly aware of what awaits Elian in Cuba. The passions that have been stirred in Miami are rooted in the exiles' conviction that the boy should not endure the sufferings from which they have fled. Thousands of Cubans choose...
...Miguel Gonzalez is a good man and we do not doubt his love for Elian. But perhaps, in this case, the father may not be fit to decide the best interests of his son: Juan Miguel is the product of a communist regime. Who knows what kind of strongholds Castro may have over the father--what relatives of Juan Miguel's will be in danger if he seeks political asylum in the U.S. Can we know for certain if he speaks his own mind, if he actually desires to return to Cuba? Certainly...
...that also elicits much division of opinion. Many consider the operation a great success. We agree that the relatives were being evasive in their negotiations with Reno. But in our minds, the Gestapo-like tactics employed by Reno were absolutely unnecessary. Such tactics are reminiscent of the Castro government. Reno did not extinguish all her options: she should have obtained a court order that would have held the relatives criminally negligent if they did not return Elian. The negotiators for the family were nearing an agreement that morning with Reno at the exact moment the raid was executed. Quite simply...