re: Travel to Cuba is restricted, not prohibited
OK, I understand the special circumstances, and I understand that some countries are dangerous.
Cuba isn't dangerous,. My neighbours have been there several times for vacations and enjoyed their stays immensely. Many many Canadians (and others) do so all the time.
Americans can go on more or less unrestricted trips to China and other communist countries, can they not? What sense does it make not to allow them to go to Cuba? Or is it just that Cuba doesn't have anything too interesting in the way of trade possibilities and so the US can afford to snub Castro?