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Dana Rohrabacher: Let us take a look at what is really going on in the world today. Why are we concerned about Fidel Castro? Yes, he is a…

On the recordJuly 23, 2002
Let us take a look at what is really going on in the world today. Why are we concerned about Fidel Castro? Yes, he is a petty little thug down in Cuba. They say how weak he is. Fidel Castro is demonstrably stronger than Saddam Hussein in terms of his ability to hurt the United States of America. But Saddam Hussein and Fidel Castro both share something. They share a blood grudge against the United States of America. And you might have some weak guy like bin Laden over there who looks very weak; but both of those fellows, both Saddam Hussein and Fidel Castro, have a blood grudge and can kill thousands, if not millions, of Americans in this day and age in which we live. It behooves us to do everything we can to get rid of Fidel Castro and get rid of the Saddam Husseins of this world before they decide to kill thousands, if not tens of thousands, of Americans. They have a blood grudge, and no one should ignore that. You ignore it and if something happens, we are having to take the responsibility for not acting on this. What is this all about? $1,200? Fidel Castro is broke. And by taking off all of these restrictions on the remittances, by just taking off the lid on the $1,250 in remittances, we will be bailing out Castro, just at a time when Castro as we have seen over and over again as was demonstrate earlier by what was presented to us, his regime is almost in collapse. This has nothing to do with the well-being of the Cuban people.
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Dana Rohrabacher
Republican · California

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Discussing the threat posed by Fidel Castro and Saddam Hussein to the United States.

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