Matt Welch has been on a tear about Cuba. I generally poo-poo most complaints about people who support Castro because, well I don’t know anyone who will argue anything good about the guy. The best I’ve ever heard is that constructive engagement might have good effects. I classify this as naive, but hardly pro-Castro. Welch proves me wrong with this post.
I don’t support the embargo because I generally think a policy that fails to achieve its objective after 40 years is probably not going to do much good for another 40 years that Castro seems hellbent on living. I also would argue that US capital would be the best way to weaken his hold on power. That being said, he is a nasty and brutish dictator and we absolutely should have our interest section telling the truth about opression in Cuba.