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...picture of Elian being forcibly taken by the INS agents ranks with other unforgettable, searing images, from the Vietnam War and Kent State. MICHAEL B. VAN WINKLE Ridgefield, Conn...
...wife and I bypassed reading the Elian story in your magazine because we are waiting for the movie. RALPH SCHWEITZER Prince George...
...everyone as sick of the Elian saga as I am? If it did not involve the Cuban-American community, the story would have been over long ago. As a lifelong Republican, I am ashamed of my party for not supporting Reno. Cubans in America should be glad that we have laws and that they have the same rights and responsibilities as other Americans. Elian was used by the Cuban community in Miami, by politicians, by lawyers and by Castro. The whole affair was a pathetic display of human selfishness. KEN CAMMENGA Hudsonville, Mich...
...Elian had been returned to his father immediately, he would be further along in the healing process than he is now after the agonizing five-month wait and the situations his Miami relatives have exposed him to. NELIA PYNN Rochester...
...Gonzalez case is complicated, but I can find only one person to root for: Elian. All others involved should be ashamed of themselves--Castro for creating a country that a woman would risk her life to leave; Elian's relatives for parading the poor child around in a media circus; Attorney General Janet Reno for ordering armed commandos to drag the frightened child out into the early-morning darkness. With all the resources available to our government, I cannot believe there were no other solutions. HOLLY ROBINSON Norwalk, Conn...