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Latin America

naaman fletcher

(7,362 posts)

4. yes

Reply to Bacchus4.0 (Reply #3)

Mon May 7, 2012, 11:48 AM

May 2012

he was giving out laptops and cell phones, and I have no moral problem with someone who does that in an oppressive country (despite the laughable claims of how democratic Cuba is). But in the end he was an agent working for a foreign government, trying to undermine the gov't of Cuba. He is now a pawn in that game, and it is by that status that he will be treated.

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Alan Gross interviewed by Wolf Blitzer on CNN [View all] flamingdem May 2012 OP

Alan Gross and Wolf Blitzer jmcauliff May 2012 #1

It is possible he doesn't realize he has been found out flamingdem May 2012 #2

yes, we should incarcerate more people so their health improves Bacchus4.0 May 2012 #3

yes naaman fletcher May 2012 #4

+1 Daniel537 May 2012 #5

Gross not so innocent jmcauliff May 2012 #6

You have added the desperately needed focus upon what was the actual assignment he undertook. Judi Lynn May 2012 #7

you buy those phones on line Bacchus4.0 May 2012 #8

Have you forgotten about the Simm card which is flamingdem May 2012 #9

not fearful of technology, fearful of cyberinvasion jmcauliff May 2012 #10

the Cuban government has chosen to isolate itself from the rest of the world Bacchus4.0 May 2012 #11

The US and Cuban exiles haven't given Cuba a chance to try an open society flamingdem May 2012 #12

Which is why Cuba is privitizing things, reopening travel, and likely will reform the political... joshcryer May 2012 #14

It is a form of political reform flamingdem May 2012 #16

like Josh said in post 14, the Cuban has been able to do all those things Bacchus4.0 May 2012 #15

Gross was an idiot who used USAID to fund his business. joshcryer May 2012 #13