No, Kerry was not linked to Communist leaders. No more than any other political figure of that time was. Just because the guy meet with Communists des not make him a communist. It makes him a person trying to understand the other side and span a gap. Richard Nixon met with the Chinese. Does that make him a communist? Ronald Reagan met with the Russians. Does that make him a communist? Sometimes people make trips to see other leaders to bridge gaps. That's what dipomacy is all about. To call Kerry a communist, or a communist sympathizer is pathetic and something I would expect to hear from Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity or one of the other sub-80 IQ crowd on the radical right.
BTW... the whole Castro thing? I think this is another situation where the United States has been cruel and Kerry wants to make a change to show the world just how much the United States does care. Castro is not a threat. I think Kerry sees the situation that the people of Cuba are going through, the strain that South Florida feels, and would like to see something done to help everyone out. Again, this is what diplomacy is all about. Cuba is not a threat in any fashion and the people there need help. Why should the US continue with their 40 year old embargo? What does it help? Nothing. By lifting the embargo Kerry can provide relief to the people of Cuba, open the country up to American tourism, and crush communism on the island with a flood of dollars and capitalism. This will look great in the world eye and score major brownie points with the international community, a group that he needs to appeal to to build strong coaltions to deal with the serious problems of the world, like fixing Iraq, dealing with North Korea, etc. Its about time that Americans put their fear of communism to bed. Its a dead ideology that is no threat to the American way of life. Kerry knows this and isn't afraid to prove it.
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