A change of power is imminent in Cuba, given Castro's advanced age. Yet we as a nation are apparently doing nothing to prepare for it or to foster moves toward freedom there. Glenn Reynolds discloses that three leaders of former Communist nations in Europe, who have personal knowledge of life under a dictatorship, have a proposal for creative and constructive action: A declaration of principle about dealing with Castro (as opposed to a ruinous embargo) and the creation of a "Cuban Democracy Fund" to support change when it comes.
It will be ironic if our Cuban-American friends in Miami have to look to Prague rather than Washington for leadership in the upcoming transition.
We should be ashamed that our vaunted "beacon of freedom" seems to be unable to shine south of Key West.
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