Editorials. Published Wednesday, July 5, 2000, in the Miami Herald .

Cuba was a hot topic at President Clinton's press conference last week, and equally hot were comments on the Cuban regime's 1996 shootdown of Brothers to the Rescue planes. Suggesting that the United States was moving step-by-step toward normalizing relations, Mr. Clinton said: ``And then, the Cuban Air Force shot the planes down and killed American citizens, illegally and deliberately.''

Categorizing the ``the killing of those innocent people in those two airplanes'' as ``murder'', the president added that the incident ``made me wonder whether Mr. Castro was hoping we would never normalize relations, so he could use us as an excuse for the failures of his regime.''

Yes, Mr. Clinton, Fidel Castro has no intention of changing stripes and he did murder four South Floridians in cold blood. So why doesn't your Justice Department bring criminal charges against Castro, brother Raul, who heads the military, and all others involved in this atrocious deed? While you're at it, free up Cuba's frozen assets so that relatives of the dead fliers can collect the $187 million judgment rightfully awarded them by a federal judge. Clearly, Cuba's despot only understands deterrents that are punitive.

Copyright 2000 Miami Herald

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