Have a cigar, boy

Fidel is stepping down. Taking power in 1959, he's outlasted nine presidents: Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush and Clinton. He almost outlasted Bush II. I guess the embargo isn't really working, is it? The embargo is stupid. The mightiest nation on earth should not allow a bunch of disgruntled, aged cigar rollers in South Florida to screw up American foreign policy.