No longer an exile, Castro’s friend is at home in Cuba and Florida
HAVANA – He fled Cuba in 1961, but still calls Fidel Castro his friend. He can’t stand communism, but bitterly opposes the U.S. embargo. He lives in Miami, but travels regularly to Havana, even appearing on state-run television.
Anyone with even the tiniest bit of understanding knows that this is impossible. Ask any of fifo’s former “friends” in Miami, the ones who have survived his friendship, as that seems to have been a singularly perilous position, if they can return with impunity. That it is possible for Lesnick raises a whole line of possibilites. The writer here, however, buys the whole spiel- hook, line and sinker- and parrots it around the globe. If its propaganda arm is the regime’s only success, it is because the media has been there to collude with them every step of the way for nearly half a century.
So ends this post:
I can’t decide whether it’s sheer imbecility or part of a more sinister undertaking, but lately, the MSM media seems even more moronic than usual in its coverage of Cuba. During the Petrocaribe summit, it seemed that every day there was a a headline about deepening ties between Venezuela and Cuba, the same story cloaked in different guises, written and published daily.
Over the holidays, there was the coverage of that intellectual giant and all around philanthropist, Naomi Campbell. The headline that stopped me short was “Naomi Campbell turns Mrs. Claus in Cuba.” Where do you start on that one? Based on her past history, it would seem Ms. Campbell would be more accurately compared to Cruella DeVille. And just what did she do, hand the keys to one of the 100 humble houses built with Venezuelan money to house workers at the site of the plant just refurbished to process their heavy crude to a young couple? Was there any mention in the coverage of the dire straits of Cuban housing, any acknowledgement that this little spit in the bucket is meaningless in terms of the numbers of people whose homes are crumbling around and on top of them? Of course not, that wouldn’t be in the regime talking points.
I’ve saved the best for last, though. Try this introductory snippet from the AP article about Max Lesnick making the rounds of press outlets.
No longer an exile, Castro’s friend is at home in Cuba and Florida
HAVANA – He fled Cuba in 1961, but still calls Fidel Castro his friend. He can’t stand communism, but bitterly opposes the U.S. embargo. He lives in Miami, but travels regularly to Havana, even appearing on state-run television.
Anyone with even the tiniest bit of understanding knows that this is impossible. Ask any of fifo’s former “friends” in Miami, the ones who have survived his friendship, as that seems to have been a singularly perilous position, if they can return with impunity. That it is possible for Lesnick raises a whole line of possibilites. The writer here, however, buys the whole spiel- hook, line and sinker- and parrots it around the globe. If its propaganda arm is the regime’s only success, it is because the media has been there to collude with them every step of the way for nearly half a century.
Lesnick is an insignificant little man more concerned with trumpeting his chance encounter with history – in a bid to inflate his head with hot-air – than fostering change for our imprisoned brothers and sisters.
I pay him no mind. His daughter is more of the same – one need only have a look at the propaganda piece (what she calls a documentary) she produced recently. It’s available on YouTube.
A classic boob in the Herbert Matthews tradition.
I would indeed pay him mind, because it is precisely people like Lesnick et al., that hurt the Cuban community with their lies that confuse the masses [we know the truth, but not necessarily the non-Cuban guy next door]. Lesnick’s daughter is now hawking that propaganda garbage and with the platform that the New York Times has given her, she will undoubtedly get the chance to present that “documentary” in still more venues. We should learn from other groups that don’t let even the slightest defamation of their characters go by unanswered.
Point taken Ray but I for one am sick and tired of having to justify the fight against a persecuted people. There is no need to justify anything the Cuban opposition does. This is a black and white issue and attempting to engage boobs like Lesnick is akin to beating your head into a brick wall. Of course, your point is the flipside of the coin and is valid. I suppose you could categorize my reaction as more of an emotional one. I simply don’t give a rat’s ass about the opinions of a man who supports wholesale murder, pillaging, rape and just pure unadulterated evil. It’s like attempting to engage Hitler’s private secretary in a debate on human rights. You’re going to get nowhere fast.
Cheers,
-AB
Max Lesnik is an agent of the Cuban government and its shameful the U.S. government lets him off the hook!