Reading this article in Saturday's New York Times about fugitives from the US in Cuba gives me an idea about solving the impasse regarding Luis Posada: exchange him one-for-one with Cuba for Joanne Chesimard.
Clearly the US wants Chesimard and Cuba clearly wants Posada. It won't happen, however, and here's why: neither man has the political will or the strength of character to do that which might defy their own respective bases. Bush will not acknowledge that it is far better for the image of the United States not to harbor an accused terrorist and send Posada packing than it is to appeal to the hard-line "he's not a terrorist he's a freedom fighter constituency. For his part, Castro would rather use Posada's presence in the US as a cudgel to pound the US, than he would to bring Posada to justice.
On something completely irrelevant to the above, I note in this article that Posada 's favorite hobby is oil painting. So is his comrade-in-bombs, Orlando Bosch. Talk about giving a bad name to the fine arts . . .
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