What the Wolf Didn't Mention

Wolf Blitzer today in a short exchange with Lou Dobbs outlined his bewilderment of the United States' tendency to grant amnesty to Cuban nationals who arrive here by boat, however, case turned to the Mexicans crossing into the U.S., they are more likely to be deported. He was dismayed by this so-called double standard and thought our immigration policy needed some serious rethinking. Well, of course our policy needs rethinking, we need to deport more illegals.

But the main point of this is the failure of the Cuban/Mexican analogy. The Cubans live under a totalitarian communist leader, who cares more about toying with the United States and securing his own power than he does about his own people. Fidel's controls reach into all aspects of the lives of the Cuban people, wherein dissent is hardly tolerated. Under the cover of the U.S.'s declaration of war on Iraq in 2003, Fidel arrested and imprisoned 78 'dissidents'. Now, flash to Mexico. A democracy indeed. Protests allowed, and basic freedoms accepted, and regular free elections. Hardly comparable to the situation in Cuba. And maybe that's why Mr. Blitzer, our de facto policy is the way it is. But what do I know, I'm a Republican.