elian

[Gordon Fitch]

kelley:
> did i miss it?  no one has any comments on the redick way 
> the feds treated the elian situation?  
> 
> tear gas?  guns?  fuckmedead!  connections.  look people 
> we'll fuck you over if you keep getting out of hand.
> 
> what the hell is the deal with this situation that it got 
> treated like this??  what the hell is at stake?  
> clinton/cuba/reno.  is there some reason why clinton 
> needed to go out in this blaze of (gag) glory?  i've not 
> been following this issue because it bored me to tears 
> after a month of it.  
> 
> thoughts?

How about: Clinton & Co. wish to humiliate and neutralize the
Cuban Exile community, preparatory to a shift in strategy
toward Cuba.  From each according to his need, to each
according to his ability; and Cuba is as needy as America
is able, a small thin creature inches from the golden
talons, if only it does not back away.