Kiss Cuba goodbye - Smirk is going to trash it

[donsu]

http://flonnet.com/fl2024/stories/20031205001005200.htm

President Bush's recently unveiled plan to bring down the Fidel Castro government in Cuba bears close resemblance to the one for Iraq and is designed with the 2004 Presidential election in focus.


FOREGROUNDING the 2004 United States election campaign, President George W. Bush announced on October 10 before a gathering of anti-Castro Cuban-American constituents at a ceremony in the White House's Rose Garden that the U.S. administration was planning to bring down President Fidel Castro's Cuban government. In the statement, Bush officially directed his Secretary of State Colin Powell and Cuban-born Housing Secretary Mel Martinez to chair a panel that would "plan for the happy days when Castro's regime is no more... The transition to democracy and freedom will present many challenges to the Cuban people and to America, and we will be prepared."

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In addition to this, Bush aired a 40-second-long radio message in Spanish targeted at the domestic population of Cuba. "On behalf of the people of the United States, I send greetings to the Cuban community. My hope is for the Cuban people to soon enjoy the same freedoms and rights as we do... . Dictatorships have no place in the Americas. May God bless the Cuban people who are struggling for freedom," he said. The taped radio message was aired on May 20 by Radio Marti, a U.S. government station, and beamed into Cuba via Guantanamo Bay satellites on the 101st anniversary of Cuban independence.

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These tactics undoubtedly mean that Guantanamo Bay will become the headquarters of Operation Free Cuba. Commercial flights will operate from there for fleeing Cubans, and radio and television satellites directed at Cuba will be set up. Its growing capacity as a military launch pad cannot be ignored either.

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What then is in reserve for the U.S. if it continues this aggression beyond covert operations in Cuba? The Bush administration will have to contend with the U.S. Congress and the Senate, and also an ever-growing resilience in Latin America itself. Large, influential nations such as Brazil, Argentina and Venezuela are supported by populations that have clearly articulated a growing resistance to U.S. economic, military and political dominance in their countries and in the region. The recent developments in Bolivia (where the President was forced to resign in October and take refuge in Miami like many other U.S.-supporting leaders in Latin America who endorsed the neo-liberal agenda), have been seen by Latin American left analysts and intellectuals as a trajectory of political shifts yet to come. All these developments go to say that Cuba is not alone in its battle against the U.S. Empire.
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looks like they are going in Cuba's back door (gitmo) with their poison.

let the criminal bushgang put foot one in your country and the crumbling begins.

[demnan]

1. It won't happen

There isn't enough for the Bushtas and company to steal in Cuba. It is a poor country without any oil and therefore of little use and not worth the nukes to blow it up.

[NewJeffCT]

2. yes, but

It has beautiful beaches and big casinos...

[opihimoimoi]

3. Ahh the smell of a good Cuban early in the day...

what can I say?

:smoke:

[alfredo]

6. And strategically located for the subjugation of

nearby island nations.

[LeahMira]

4. Poor Cuba.

There isn't enough for the Bushtas and company to steal in Cuba. It is a poor country without any oil and therefore of little use and not worth the nukes to blow it up.

True, but the Miami Cubans are upset because "their" Elian was returned to Cuba. Also, not a few remember their own glory days under Batista. I imagine it's quite a thorn in the side of this particular administration that a communist nation exists a mere 90 miles off shore. (Golly, you'd think those Cubans would know how much better we capitalists have it!) Castro is old now, but I think the administration is sorely afraid that if he should die the Cubans would choose to continue a communist government, maybe with Raoul Castro until another, younger leader is groomed to step in.

It's not the resources particularly. It's to set up a puppet "democratic" nation (read "dependent" nation) as a foothold in Central America and to eliminate the "shame" of a communist nation that seems to be viable given the support any nation needs from the rest of the world. Heaven forbid a communist nation should ever, ever be successful.

[guajira]

17. Cuba DOES have oil

Here's some information about their oil output.

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ANYONE driving along Via Blanca, the highway that runs from Havana to the famous Varadero beach resort, can observe—perhaps with some surprise—that the panorama of dozens of oil wells and other installations related to the industry combines unusually with the surrounding environment of tourism. Why is this? Because the burning gas that could previously be seen flaming into the atmosphere has practically disappeared from the roadside, and the fuel now flows via conduits and hermetically sealed plants, thus guaranteeing a purer environment.
more....

http://www.granma.cu/ingles/agosto1/32petrol-i.html

[guajira]

18. I Saw Oil Wells There in 1991 on the road from Havana to Varadero

B* wants to take over Cuba to ensure almost a million votes in Miami!! Also he can satisfy his policy of aggression against small, defenseless nations.

He might be surprised to find the rest of the world coming to Cuba's defense!

[madrchsod]

5. cuba is drilling for oil

off it`s shores. if the americans invaded cuba they would meet troops as good as any thing the usa has. the cuban soldiers are very good...

[Beaker]

7. Cuba/Venezuela may be job #1 after the next "election" sham*.

and it WOULD be a bloody fucking mess.
and it would probably embolden China to "assimilate" Taiwan.
and there would probably be very serious tensions with Europe...
Gee...I'm almost tempted to actually vote for Bush, just to see the fireworks.




*"election" sham brought to you by the not-so-good people at Diebold.

[Tinoire]

8. Do you think they'll have enough restraint to wait that long?

He already tried at least twice with Venezuela...

Chavez is his number 1 enemy these days.

Wow... What an ugly administration.

[Beaker]

9. It would be hard to fake the selection

with a VERY pissed off populace.

[Tinoire]

14. Did you see The Revolution Will Not Be Televised?

If not, please do. It clearly showed the pissed off populace and will warm your Liberal heart!

Peace

[neuvocat]

10. Run it like Iraq, huh?

I don't think Cuba's gonna have a problem.

[Minstrel Boy]

11. They're saving Cuba

for Jeb in 2009.

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

12. How many Democrats will support this?

I bet a lot will.

[spindoctor]

13. US has been trying to bring down Cuba for 40 years.

Other than Bush being a little bolder (the dumb ones always dare more) than his predecessors, I don't see what makes him likely to be any more successful.

I didn't bother to read the article, but would this be part of the "War on Terror"?
You know, at some point people notice that the taste in their mouth comes form the shit they're being fed.
I consider any (serious) attempt to overthrow the Castro regime highly unlikely. Any comments made in from of a group of Batistas that suggest otherwise need to be filed under re-election promises.
Now if the Batista Lodge would buy Bechtel consultancy to help them rethink their strategy...hmmm.

[Jacobin]

15. Can you say: "Florida Electoral Votes in 2004?"

[Nederland]

16. Trash It?

Funny, I think Castro beat him to it...

[MoonRiver]

19. Hey Clueless Leader, just HOW evil is Cuba anyway???

Is it an axis or just a little ole spoke on the Evil Empire machine? Jeez Louise, what a MORON!
:spank: