tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851163370258594999.post1631712330094479703..comments2023-11-16T03:57:05.158-05:00Comments on The Cuban Triangle: Odds and endsPhil Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06724525896667349935noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851163370258594999.post-35151988841635475192012-05-17T22:07:54.452-04:002012-05-17T22:07:54.452-04:00I think that the decision by the Spanish conservat...I think that the decision by the Spanish conservative party not to continue funding for Cuban political refugees is a clear case where their political ingratitude is being paid with the same coin.<br /><br />The Spanish socialist Party mediated with the Cuban government to have the political refugees and their families freed from Cuban jails and paid for them and their families to travel to Spain and to provide them with aid once they arrived there.<br /><br />In return the refugees bit the hand that aided them and allied themselves with the Spanish conservative party.<br /><br />For that reason the Conservative party, when it came to power, decided not to do them any favors so as not to give them a reason to be ungrateful to them.<br /><br />This seems to me to be a logical reaction.<br /><br />It is very hard to feel compassion for someone that might bite your hand when you extend it to aid them.<br /><br /> CantaclaroAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com