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February 19, 2008 at 09:06:17

Castro Resigns: A Victory in the "War on Terror"?

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Fidel Castro just announced he is resigning.

At the same time that his resignation was announced, Bush was in Rwanda on his African trip to get people of color to vote for his party in November. He talked to Rwanda about Cuba.  

This prompted me to develop this "joke" or exchange:  

A Rwandan and a Cuban walk into a bar. The Rwandan says, "So, Bush told me your country's going to be free now with Castro resigning." The Cuban turns and looks at the Rwandan and says, "Where did you get that idea?" The Rwandan says, "Bush told my people during his trip he was going to help Cuba realize the blessings of liberty." The Cuban turned to the Rwandan and said, "Like he did in Iraq? No thanks. We'll take despotism over that any day."

How will this resignation of Fidel Castro be handled?

Well, the way the media responds will certainly determine the kinds of thoughts fellow Americans have.

Watch FOX News, CNN, MSNBC, etc. and see how they spin his resignation.

Knowing what people who have read the Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein know, expect some kind of economic reform for profits to be on the table in some boardroom in America. The AP article already has this to say: 

The United States built a detailed plan in 2005 for American assistance to ensure a democratic transition on the island of 11.2 million people after Castro's death. But Cuban officials have insisted that the island's socialist political and economic systems will outlive Castro.

"The adversary to be defeated is extremely strong," Castro wrote Tuesday. "However, we have been able to keep it at bay for half a century."

Cuba's next leader will not be allowed to keep America out of its business.

America is prepared to go in like it has been prepared to go in to Venezuela.

Castro may not be just ailing from cancer. He may be ailing from the thought that U.S. forces (economic, political, and military) may break into his country and wreck all the advancements his country has made over the past half century so that Cubans can be granted the few freedoms he has not allowed Cubans to have.

 

 

 

Kevin Gosztola goes to Columbia College in Chicago where he is studying film. He hopes to become a documentary filmmaker. He is currently working as a production assistant on a documentary called "Seriously Green" which traces the development of the Green Party throughout the 2008 election. He has a passion for journalism and writes articles or press releases in his spare time. He is a Nader/Gonzalez supporter in this election but welcomes anyone who wishes to have an open discussion on why he should support somebody else. Kevin Gosztola is also a student activist who believes in questioning the way America's systems work(its electoral system, its military-industrial complex, its foreign policy of American exceptionalism, its media which has become the Fourth Branch of government,etc.)
His ambitions have him currently organizing and raising money for a Chicago Conference for Media Reform in April or May of 2009. It will be organized by college students to promote youth involvement in media reform and justice. Those interested in attending or helping with the organization of the program should contact him.

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Former Lawyer, current Business Consultant,history buff, Christian, father of 2 sons and a supporter of democratic government.
ArchieFormer Lawyer, current Business Consultant,history buff, Christian, father of 2 sons and a supporter of democratic government.

Castro

Several years ago I attended a dinner for the ambassador of Cuba. After dinner in a private discussion his aide de camp ( a young technocrat) was asked why any North American businessman should invest in Cuba when the government was one of men not laws. He responded "President Castro is a special case, he is above the law, but when he is gone the goverment  will once more become a government of laws not of men".

by Archie (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 817 comments) on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at 11:19:19 AM
 


I'm supporting Dennis Kucinich for President. 
Ty ShlackmanI'm supporting Dennis Kucinich for President. 

Cuba

Cuba isn't a free country anymore than America is. Socially and economically they're better off than America since they don't have America's crappy health care system and they're not in great debt like Americans are. Cuba just has to contend with Big Government. Americans have to contend with Big Government and Big Business.

 

by Ty Shlackman (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 531 comments) on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at 2:16:37 PM
 

 

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