I'm no fan of ...
communism. I grew up learning to dive under my school desk in case the Russians let one fly (A-bomb that is). I do, however, find it unnerving that the Bush Administration is champing at the bit to destabilize another country.
The President is pandering to the dancing street hordes in Cuban Miami. Most of whose parents were not yet born when Castro forced Batista to flee. All they know about Castro's Cuba is what has been force fed to them from the old Batistas who lost their privileges when the their government fell and who fled to the United States.
One has to wonder if what these exiled Cubans really want is democracy for their former country or do they wish to re-claim their lost casinos, brothels and child sex industries. The Batistas had prostituted their country to the tourist world, mainly, the United States. For money, they allowed an anything goes policy. American Mafia investment brought the island millions of dollars as their part of the 'take'.
The forty seven year United States embargo against Cuba has done little to dampen the Cuban's sense of pride and nothing to bring them to condeming Fidel Castro.
For all Castro may not be it is clear that he is sincere in his beleifs. He has never used his dictatoship to enrich himself. He is still wearing the same style of military uniform that he wore when he and his troops entered Havana nearly fifty years ago. Castro has steadfastly resisted the enormous pressure brought against him by the United States, including some sixteen attempts to either assassinate or depose him.
It was surmised by the United States and its large Cuban exile population that when the Soviet Union folded it would mean the demise of Castro's Cuba. It did not.
The Cuban people are as patriotic and nationalistic as any other country's citizens and we can only hope that the Bush Administration understands that and doesn't start trying to sell the 'We will welcomed as liberators', 'There will be parades and flowers lining the streets' scenarios.
Let's pray that the intelligence our government is relying on takes into consideration how poorly we understood the Iraqi mentality.
Yes, it may be said that the poor people have suffered under the Castro regime but, it is equally true, that the poor suffered under Batista's rule. So, it appears to be crucial that, this time, the United States aligns itself with whichever side is truely for the betterment of the Cuban citizenry.
QUOTE OF THE DAY:
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. -- George Orwell
MEXICO (as I see it):
I met an American in Mexico who was so pedantic as to, while helping his Mexican girl friend learn English, tell her not to learn contractions!
It seems they belong to a lower realm.
I knew I shouldn’t, couldn’t and wouldn’t go along with it.
The President is pandering to the dancing street hordes in Cuban Miami. Most of whose parents were not yet born when Castro forced Batista to flee. All they know about Castro's Cuba is what has been force fed to them from the old Batistas who lost their privileges when the their government fell and who fled to the United States.
One has to wonder if what these exiled Cubans really want is democracy for their former country or do they wish to re-claim their lost casinos, brothels and child sex industries. The Batistas had prostituted their country to the tourist world, mainly, the United States. For money, they allowed an anything goes policy. American Mafia investment brought the island millions of dollars as their part of the 'take'.
The forty seven year United States embargo against Cuba has done little to dampen the Cuban's sense of pride and nothing to bring them to condeming Fidel Castro.
For all Castro may not be it is clear that he is sincere in his beleifs. He has never used his dictatoship to enrich himself. He is still wearing the same style of military uniform that he wore when he and his troops entered Havana nearly fifty years ago. Castro has steadfastly resisted the enormous pressure brought against him by the United States, including some sixteen attempts to either assassinate or depose him.
It was surmised by the United States and its large Cuban exile population that when the Soviet Union folded it would mean the demise of Castro's Cuba. It did not.
The Cuban people are as patriotic and nationalistic as any other country's citizens and we can only hope that the Bush Administration understands that and doesn't start trying to sell the 'We will welcomed as liberators', 'There will be parades and flowers lining the streets' scenarios.
Let's pray that the intelligence our government is relying on takes into consideration how poorly we understood the Iraqi mentality.
Yes, it may be said that the poor people have suffered under the Castro regime but, it is equally true, that the poor suffered under Batista's rule. So, it appears to be crucial that, this time, the United States aligns itself with whichever side is truely for the betterment of the Cuban citizenry.
QUOTE OF THE DAY:
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. -- George Orwell
MEXICO (as I see it):
I met an American in Mexico who was so pedantic as to, while helping his Mexican girl friend learn English, tell her not to learn contractions!
It seems they belong to a lower realm.
I knew I shouldn’t, couldn’t and wouldn’t go along with it.
posted by bbuckman | 3:50 PM
3 Comments:
Very interesting post, as usual.
TS
I'll have to agree with toasy, dad.
i can't wait for the day we can travel to Cuba.
that's the one place i want to visit more than anywhere!
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