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Lincoln Diaz-Balart: A delegation of former military people who advocate getting along with Castro, you know, it is a very small group of…

On the recordFebruary 27, 1996
A delegation of former military people who advocate getting along with Castro, you know, it is a very small group of left- wing former military people that are always advocating for better relations with North Korea, with China, and of course they are advocating for better relations with Castro, they went to Cuba to see the nuclear power plant that Castro is building down there and to meet with the Cuban officials and General del Todo, one of the high-ranking thugs around Castro, asked former Admiral Carroll what would the United States do if we shot down a Brothers to the Rescue plane? And Carroll came back, and he told Warren Christopher that, so notice how Castro has been planning this for weeks, if not months. Obviously, what he said the other day, the message to the Cuban people, as I stated before, is if I can kill Americans with impunity, imagine what I can do to you, and the message to the Clinton administration is obviously clear, no respect, and you know he is laughing at the lack of response of the Clinton administration. But, as you said, if the administration will not protect American lives, we, in Congress, will. We will pass our sanctions bill. We will not permit the murder of these U.S. citizens go unpunished, and I truly believe that the President's measures were woefully insufficient.
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Lincoln Diaz-Balart
Florida

Editor's note · Context

Discussing U.S.-Cuba relations and the response to threats against American lives.

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