Letter: No good comes from Cuba policy

Friday, May 17, 2002 | 3:49 a.m.

Our policy toward Cuba is not being guided by what is in our national interest, but simply to get President Bush's brother, Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida, re-elected.

By continuing the embargo of Cuba, President Bush seeks the support of the Cuban-American community there for Jeb. No matter that reasonable people have never considered the embargo in any way harmful to Fidel Castro or his Communist buddies, it has only hurt average Cubans who can't get the supplies they need. If anything, it allows Castro to blame us for the economic shortfalls of his regime.

We have either good relations or are, in many cases, trying to be friendly with many different types of countries, communist or dictatorial. So why not Cuba? When Castro (age 75) passes on, wouldn't it be to our advantage to have established good relations with Cuba, and have a voice in what kind of government will succeed him?

RICHARD MUNDY

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