Elain raid was disgrace to U.S.

Elain

raid was disgrace to U.S.

I'd like to say that

I agree with all the commentators who wrote on the

editorial pages of The Sunday Citizen concerning the

subject of Elian Gonzalez. The Elian Gonzalez story is

nothing short of tragic in my view. As all the

commentators pointed out, there was no justification

whatsoever for the raid that resulted in the, in my view,

illegal seizure of Elian Gonzalez from his relatives home

in Miami. The seizure of little Elian was little more

than a homegrown act of terrorism, as far as I am

concerned, and I was outraged as a citizen that such a

thing could happen in America.

It is my view that Elian

Gonzalez has as much right to political asylum as anyone

else fleeing oppression, especially those who come here

from Fidel Castro's Cuba. It seems Janet Reno and Bill

Clinton feel differently. That Clinton, a communist

sympathizer himself and a past flag burner, sides with

Fidel Castro is not surprising but it is disturbing.

What's even worse is the self-serving way Reno and

Clinton used the law to justify their illegal action in

raiding and seizing Elian Gonzalez from his home.

It seem likely now that

Elian will be returned to Cuba to an uncertain fate. This

again is tragic in my view. Why is the U.S. helping

Castro bring an innocent child back to Cuba? Was a dirty

deal struck between Bill Clinton and Castro? No doubt.

The Elian Gonzalez case

- along with the conflagration at Waco, Texas seven

years ago - constitutes one the saddest moments in

modern American history. It should not have turned out

the way it did. Elian Gonzalez deserved a better fate.

Dennis Sams

Fairburn