Yankee Imperialism (and Idiocy)
"We don't recognize Roberto Micheletti as the president of Honduras...
This is the same State Department that in Jan. 7, 1959 gave official benediction to the Castro Gov. in record time, giving it official diplomatic recognition before Castro had even entered Havana!! It set a new record for such diplomatic benediction by the U.S. Then the U.S. rolled out the red carpet for Castro: meetings with V Pres Nixon, National Press Club, Harvard, etc. etc.....
President Micheletti is a fine, decent, patriotic and democratic (small d) gentleman whom I met last week and interviewed for over an hour. He stressed his warm feelings towards the U.S. and broke into a HUGE smile when I mentioned Ronald Reagan.
Among his other big plans, Zelaya was preparing to boot out U.S. personnel from our most important military base in the Western Hemisphere at Palmerola Honduras and turn it over to his Narco-traficking chum, Hugo Chavez. I was shown pretty convincing proof.
"To be America's enemy might be dangerous" famously quipped Henry Kissinger, "but to be her ally is fatal."
Welcome to the club, President Micheletti.....and please don't blame me. I voted Republican.
Absolutely Un--'FREAKIN-real.
this type of news makes me want to stare at the models. Unfricken real
The State Dept pulled the diplomatic visas of:
1. Tomas Arita, the Magistrate who signed the arrest warrant against the socialist tyrant, Mel Zelaya Rosales.
2. Alfredo Saavedra, President of the Natl Congress
3. Adolfo Sevilla, Min of Defense
4. Ramon Custodio, Human Rights Ombudsman
Micheletti "US Amb" Hugo Llorens as "irresponsible."
http://www.hondudiario.com/H/content/llorens-fue-irresponsable-al-no-informar-de-la-situación-del-país-eu-presidente-micheletti
What he did to facilitate Xiomara Castro de Zelaya was outrageous...US taxpayers paying the bill for her calls and manipulation.
In my estimation, Llorens is a traitor, a scumbag, a thug and corrupt business partner of Zelaya!
Disconcerting news like this makes one realize that there's more to American Foreign Policy than meets the eye. It seems that the USA is always supporting "anti-American" leftist regimes that outwardly claim to be our enemies. Either our government is very stupid, or they they are doing it on purpose. I can't, however, believe that they are doing this out of stupidity. One can make the same mistake, once, twice, and perhaps even three times, but hundreds of times over the years?? It just stretches the probabilities of mere chance [i.e. bad choices] and total incompetence far too much.
Most likely, the US wants these leftist regimes and it knows what it is getting into. It seems that there is a Fifth Column in this country and it is inexorably moving us too the left in domestic and foreign policy.
castro is a perfect example. There is no doubt in my mind that the USA if it wanted, could have gotten rid of that tinpot dictator years ago.
For instance, our secret services undoubtedly know whether castro is dead or alive, whether he is a vegetable or completely senile. They could reveal the truth, but instead they allow this charade, this farce of castro being alive and well and blogging from his bed, yada, yada, yada to go on. This only serves the interests of raul and the tyranny.
[...] Yankee Imperialism (and Idiocy) [...]
Of course the Kenyan Usurper sides with the dictators; he's one of them. Who will be our own Micheletti?
If anybody still thinks or hopes the US will bail Cuba out, stop dreaming or get off the drugs and wake the hell up. The travesty of "statesmanship" over Honduras (and not just by the US, but by the ENTIRE world) is as typical as it is disgusting.
For all practical purposes, nobody gives a shit about Cuba except Cubans (and not even all Cubans, either). Hypocrisy reigns, to the point that there's really no need to disguise it or deny it. Being or appearing fashionably "progressive" is FAR more important than actually doing the right thing.
Again, I hope and pray that the Honduran people, who if nothing else indicate "Latin" America is not TOTALLY hopeless, will stand their ground and never depend on the kindness of outsiders. We've been doing that for 50 years, and it's gotten us nowhere.
Asombra, you are 100% right. At this point there's no need to disguise or deny hypocrisy anymore. What's fashionably correct is all that matters.
Regarding kindness of outsiders. That's been our problem. Also, Cuban Americans have never, ever understood the need for an anti-defamation league. Years of slander by the castro regime have worked their craft. To the world, we are now these hysterical, emotional, right-winged fanatics who want to regain our lost mansions and turn the clock back to the 1950's when we allegedly exploited the masses.
My friend is reading the latest book on Cuba by Julia Sweig and he says that it is horrendous, that is to say downright racist in the worst way. Does anyone complain? Can you imagine an openly, unapologetically racist or anti-semitic book being published by a prestigious University Press? No, because it wouldn't happen and if it did the University and the academian would have hell to pay.
At this point it is too late. We have too many turncoats in our community, especially those in academia, who are in cahoots with the regime and the mainstream media. What's more, the power of the White House is not on our side and neither is the press, with a few notable exceptions like the Wall Street Journal.
Cuban Americans suffer from the broken glass syndrome. People see a broken window and they throw a rock at it. It's okay to attack Cuban exiles and dismiss us as loonies. Why would anybody help us?
"For instance, our secret services undoubtedly know whether castro is dead or alive, whether he is a vegetable or completely senile. They could reveal the truth, but instead they allow this charade, ..."
What are you saying?
The Black Caucus met with Fidel back in April of this year. Unless you are saying they were lying about meeting Fidel, he was not dead or a vegetable or senile then.
Evil, now that's another question.
kubagrrrl, I think that those people who have allegedly met with fidel castro are covering up something. If you will note, he's only met with "reliable" VIPS who are apologetic and supportive of his tyranny.
"President Micheletti is a fine, decent, patriotic and democratic (small d) gentleman whom I met last week and interviewed for over an hour. He stressed his warm feelings towards the U.S. and broke into a HUGE smile when I mentioned Ronald Reagan." Well, hell, that just about settles it for me. A HUGE smile when you mentioned Reagan? Wow, he's too cool for words. Sounds like you really grilled him.
"For all practical purposes, nobody gives a shit about Cuba except for Cubans". Asombra i disagree with you on that statement. I am very passionate and care deeply about Cuba and i dont have any Cuban in me. I am probably in a small minority but i am who i am. If Honduras continues to stand their ground it will send a HUGE message to the rest of the world that they are not going to be bullied and are not going to tolerate other countries deciding what kind of country and government they should be.
Caballero , you are so fucken rude it is unbeleivable. Micheletti is trying to hold that country at bay from the rest of the fucken world and you want to be sarcastic about the fact that he likes Reagan? Would you rather have Zelaya in? Would you rather have the constitution in Honduras be hijaked by a madman whose best friend's with Chavez? I hope not.
Colena, I didn't mean to be fucken rude. But there is so much debate on this blog about the so-called MSM being in the fucken tank for fucken people like President Obama, Pelosi, Crist, etc. that I found it too funny that Humberto--whose Che book I like very much, BTW--was doing the same with with Micheletti.
Didn't they make an obvious statement by tooting their little red kazoo for zeeliar on July Fourth?
Phyllis Schlafly protege, John Stormer, wrote in his magnificent 1964 book, "None Dare Call it Treason", that the state department had been thoroughly infested with reds since the era of roosevelt - that old commie satyr in a wheelchair.
James Mills wrote in 1984 in his prophtic "The Underground Empire", that the state department would show up like a bad penny every time drug agents were about to bust some notorious scumbag foreign dope baron.
Tedious. And disgusting.
Paul Vincent Zecchino
Manasota Key, Florida
29 July, 2009
Precisely, Rayarena. To a significant extent, we haven't helped ourselves or respected ourselves as we could and should have, so of course that encourages non-Cubans to dump on us, or at best be indifferent. And yes, that lack of personal responsibility and self-respect is part of the root problem that made the Cuban catastrophe possible. We can blame Castro and Che all we want, and God knows they're monsters of evil, but no one person, or handful of people, destroyed Cuba. Sure they had a hand in it, a big hand, but that's not the critical problem and never was.
The critical problem is that there were too many bad or readily corruptible Cubans, too much envy and opportunism, too much short-sighted stupidity and immaturity, and the country collapsed under the weight of so much shit. The segment of the population that was better than that, the people who had put Cuba at the forefront of "Latin" countries in record time (1902-1958), for the most part left the island and took their genes with them. You know the rest of the sad, miserable story.
Colena, notice that I said "for all PRACTICAL purposes." There are always exceptions, but no matter how admirable they may be, they typically don't change things substantially. For instance, there were people in Cuba, like my mother, who were NOT "batistianos" and NEVER bought what Castro was selling, but they were exceptional, and they weren't enough to prevent the Castro disaster.
"The critical problem is that there were too many bad or readily corruptible Cubans, too much envy and opportunism, too much short-sighted stupidity and immaturity, and the country collapsed under the weight of so much shit. The segment of the population that was better than that, the people who had put Cuba at the forefront of "Latin" countries in record time (1902-1958), for the most part left the island and took their genes with them." What an insulting depiction of the Cuban people. "Took their genes with them..." Are you serious? I thought I had read it all on this blog, pero esto le ronca.
caballero,
While I dont agree completely with the statement you quote, you have to admit there may be some truth to it.
Val,
There is some truth in that statement about every nationality in the world. Cubans aren't more "readily corruptible" than Mexicans or the Chinese. We aren't any more envious and opportunistic than the French or the Russians. Come on, man. This is the sort of pseudo-scientific essentialism of the early 20th century, we're better than that. The Cuban tragedy of the last 50 years is bad enough and has enough real culprits without adding that we somehow deserved what we got.
Well, Paris, you have your take like I have mine, and neither of us needs the agreement or approval of the other. I certainly wouldn't have expected yours, so no surprise there. And yes, I'm quite aware that my view is not the standard, conventional, polite version that more or less blames Castro (and maybe a few others) for pretty much everything, and paints the Cuban people as innocent, helpless victims or bystanders. I don't buy that for a second, but if that helps some people feel or cope better, it's their affair.
People just as bad as Castro have always existed in every country, and still do. However, every country has not self-destructed like Cuba did as a result of having a Castro in it. The critical difference is how far will the country or society as a whole let a Castro get? How much will it back and go along with such a person? I know there were many factors in Cuba's downfall, including, obviously, external or foreign factors, but the key failure was internal and domestic.
Let's put it this way: in every block of every town and city in Cuba, all of it, there were (and still are) people ready and willing to operate a CDR ("Committe for the Defense of the Revolution"). In other words, people ready and willing to act as spies, snitches and enforcers for the Castro regime, at the expense of their neighbors, which is the intended purpose of a CDR. That extremely damning fact alone speaks volumes. But I don't want to waste anybody's time by arguing with you because it's highly unlikely to accomplish much, and I hardly expect to change your mind. I assure you that you won't change mine, so let's drop it.
As for coming across different or disagreeable viewpoints on this blog, think of it as diversity or pluralism. I hear all the best people swear by that, so it must be a good thing.
"The segment of the population that was better than that, the people who had put Cuba at the forefront of "Latin" countries in record time (1902-1958), for the most part left the island and took their genes with them."
asombra,
You're so very right with this statement and the rest of your post (even thought it might insult others on this blog).
The truth is the truth and even thought I must admit that is painful to acknowledge by many of us, still is the painful truth.
From my part I understand the pain generated by this statement, but I feel that Cubans got what they deserved too.
For these three plain, simple facts.
1. When the masses chanted "Paredon", "Paredon" supporting Castro's ordered executions that violated every human right in the book and God's laws; the Cuban people opened the door to the evil to come for the next fifty years.
With this act the Cuban people basically became accomplices to the murders committed by Castro and Co and sealed their fate.
2. When Castro expropriated (stole) every single private business in Cuba (plus the many private properties), the people approved of this act (a sign of envy towards those that were more affluent), therefore becoming accomplices to theft.
3. When the Cuban people stopped attending Church services and waked away from God because of fears of government reprisals, they lost the values needed to stand-up to the evil being committed by the tyranny.
These are God given values engraved in the Ten Commandments (honor God, do not kill and do not steal) that the majority of the Cuban people chose to violate. By doing so the people in the island jumped into the abyss they find themselves today.
When the Cuban people went against each other because of an evil ideology (Communism) and family members went against each other because of the regime, the die was cast against the Cuban people.
Now after fifty years of destruction the people (even thought the majority of them no longer support the regime) don't have the courage, the dignity and the values to stand-up to that tyranny (that totally destroyed Cuba) once and for all and instead prefer to live on the remittances sent to them by exiles.
Make no mistake, if those many Cubans than no longer support the tyranny would gather the courage to make a stand once and for all, you'll see then end of the Castro regime.
Very painful and sad, but true, the people in Cuba deserve what they have today.
"Let's put it this way: in every block of every town and city in Cuba, all of it, there were (and still are) people ready and willing to operate a CDR ("Committe for the Defense of the Revolution"). In other words, people ready and willing to act as spies, snitches and enforcers for the Castro regime, at the expense of their neighbors, which is the intended purpose of a CDR. That extremely damning fact alone speaks volumes."
asombra,
You just nailed it with this post.
Asombra,
Me has dejado asombrado. I honestly have never heard a more twisted and self-loathing description of Cubans in my life.
When the masses chanted "Paredon", "Paredon" supporting Castro's ordered executions that violated every human right in the book and God's laws; the Cuban people opened the door to the evil to come for the next fifty years."
1 Million Cubanos for "El Paredon" (OLD NEWS CLIP)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUPqsh52QPc
Anti-Batista Mobs (OLD NEWS CLIP)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l46gDtxpSSY