Time to Open Up Relations with Cuba
Yes, I know the Cuban government sucks. No, I do not want to give it a moral sanction. However, our continuing total embargo of Cuba smacks more of saving face at this point rather than a very effective strategy to end communism on the island.
While it is important to have sanctions against totalitarian governments, cutting off all contact with the democratic nations is just counter-productive. Cross-pollination of democratic ideas has done more to bring countries like China and South Africa closer to the democratic fold than any number of sanctions. In particular, limitations even on intellectual contact between Americans and Cubans makes no sense any more.
