Cuba: Better days are coming

WASHINGTON – Cuban President Fidel Castro usually offers an inviting target during U.S. presidential election campaigns. President Bush, accused by some in his party of not doing enough to confront Castro, offered them on Thursday what amounts to a policy of regime change in Cuba.

"We're not waiting for the day of Cuban freedom, we are working for the day of freedom in Cuba," Bush told reporters.

A presidential commission recommended that the United States subvert the planned succession in Cuba under which power would pass from Castro to his younger brother, Raul.

Although Bush did not address that issue directly, an aide said the president generally accepted the commission's proposals.
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Bush has taken some steps to demonstrate his deep disregard for the Cuban leader, who turns 78 in August. But his comments Thursday seemed to add a new dimension to his belligerence.