[Peace-discuss] News-Gazette LTE: Davis on right side of Cuba question

[E. W. Johnson via Peace-discuss]

The notion that the US Government should usurp authority over
the mobility of sovereign citizens is absurd.

The whole idea that the Federal Government or any other government should
say to a person "you can't leave here to go there because we dont like 
them" ought to be
recognized as the shameful nonsense that it is.






On 12/23/2014 08:48 AM, Robert Naiman via Peace-discuss wrote:
> http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/letters-editor/2014-12-22/davis-right-side-cuba-question.html 
>
>
> Davis on right side of Cuba question
> Mon, 12/22/2014 - 3:39am | The News-Gazette
>
> I was glad to see our representative, Rodney Davis, take a strong 
> stand in support of President Obama's move to restore diplomatic 
> relations with Cuba and ease the U.S. embargo on Cuba ("Davis praises 
> Obama's action; says it will help families, farmers," Dec. 18.)
>
> Rep. Davis has long advocated easing the blockade to make it easier 
> for Illinois farmers to export to Cuba, as your article noted.
>
> Unfortunately, hostile Republican reactions like that of Sen. Rubio 
> got the most national press attention. But other Republicans joined 
> Rep. Davis in welcoming President Obama's move, like Arizona Sen. Jeff 
> Flake and Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz.
>
> I hope Rep. Davis will work vigorously with both Republicans and 
> Democrats in Congress to end the embargo completely, eliminating 
> restrictions on the ability of all Americans to travel freely to Cuba. 
> As Rep. Chaffetz noted, "we should allow all Americans to make those 
> choices. You can travel to North Korea, you can travel to some pretty 
> awful places, Americans should be able to make those decisions all by 
> themselves."
>
> ROBERT NAIMAN
> Urbana
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