tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851163370258594999.post6384304617736259913..comments2023-11-16T03:57:05.158-05:00Comments on The Cuban Triangle: Kerry on CubaPhil Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06724525896667349935noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851163370258594999.post-83370260739185366312009-12-10T14:40:00.488-05:002009-12-10T14:40:00.488-05:00Right on Phil! Let John "Dear Comandante&quo...Right on Phil! Let John "Dear Comandante" Kerry be our guide to Cuba's freedom!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851163370258594999.post-66357548492774215242009-12-10T12:58:02.071-05:002009-12-10T12:58:02.071-05:00First of all, stupid, Cuba was a colony of Spain. ...First of all, stupid, Cuba was a colony of Spain. From a historical perspective the U.S. presence in Cuba was relatively short-lived. By 1959, it had vastly declined. The Cubans revolted against the corrupt order under Batista. Try to read a real history book, not leftist romance novels. Also please don't get your history by watching re-runs of Godfather Part 2.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851163370258594999.post-22833862992850504752009-12-10T12:08:39.999-05:002009-12-10T12:08:39.999-05:00oh man, what historical revisionism from the right...oh man, what historical revisionism from the right wing nuts.<br /><br />how you can compare what the usa has done to cuba as to how they treat iran et al is laughable.<br /><br />the usa treats cuba as a colony for 50 years, the cubas rebel, america invades and blockades, then plans another invasion. cuba has the nerve to defend itself<br /><br />and so this is how you treat a neighbor<br /><br />and so you deny americans the right to travel to cuba because of your warped sense of historical fantasy and delusions of control.<br /><br />really try and get a grip on some sort of realityAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851163370258594999.post-86828959991855848282009-12-09T22:10:26.692-05:002009-12-09T22:10:26.692-05:00"After all, didn't the foreign turistas f..."After all, didn't the foreign turistas flooding into Spain have the same impact on Franco?"<br /><br />"Umm... you are aware that Spain is no longer fascist right? And that Cuba is still socialist?"<br /><br />The point, as if you didn't understand it Lefty, is that a flood of foreign tourists in fascist Spain did nothing to turn Franco into a democrat. Change occurred only *after* his death. And the clock is ticking in Cuba, too, whether some people like it or not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851163370258594999.post-77658901059754735852009-12-09T22:06:54.325-05:002009-12-09T22:06:54.325-05:00"Iran, Korea and Siria."
Lefty: "I..."Iran, Korea and Siria."<br /><br />Lefty: "I don't know many people that consider those states right-wing...."<br /><br />But are they our neighbors? And did any of these countries install nuclear missiles on their soil and urge the Russians to launch the missiles and turn us into a radioactive ash heap? (And not just in the 60s, either.)<br /><br />Lefty's hero El Supremo urged the Russkies again in the 1980s to kill us. The Russkies had to explain to a dissapointed Castro the consequences when the wind reversed direction and the radioactive ash heap formerly known as the United States gave Castro a taste of his own nuclear medicine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851163370258594999.post-56087154609601935662009-12-09T21:12:04.470-05:002009-12-09T21:12:04.470-05:00I don't know many people that consider those s...I don't know many people that consider those states right-wing. But I know that US citizens are permitted to visit those countries more easily than Cuba. And the economic blockades are nowhere near as total as in Cuba. Plus there are higher level talks with officials from those countries...leftsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00676827005815770066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851163370258594999.post-32981503734040339752009-12-09T20:57:05.546-05:002009-12-09T20:57:05.546-05:00Leftside:
Iran, Korea and Siria.Leftside:<br /><br />Iran, Korea and Siria.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851163370258594999.post-75006607554275925292009-12-09T18:52:01.596-05:002009-12-09T18:52:01.596-05:00Except, of course, for right-wing dictatorships.
...<i>Except, of course, for right-wing dictatorships.</i><br /><br />And what "right wing dictatorships" does the US treat more harshly than Cuba??leftsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00676827005815770066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851163370258594999.post-20271747398630295632009-12-09T17:42:36.298-05:002009-12-09T17:42:36.298-05:00"we have no business telling other countries ..."we have no business telling other countries how to live, en PUNTO!"<br /><br />Except, of course, for right-wing dictatorships. But Cuba's Comandante is sacred, so we cannot risk hurting his feelings by quibbling, in however muffled and apologetic a tone, about a few measley imperfections in the First Free Territory of the Americas.<br /><br />Phil's solution: send more North Dakota kazoo bands to Guanahacabibes! When the music is playing, who has time to quibble about slave conditions on the last plantation in the Caribbean?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851163370258594999.post-4758285813714173512009-12-09T14:22:23.189-05:002009-12-09T14:22:23.189-05:00Kerry is parroting a conservative approach.
I ag...Kerry is parroting a conservative approach. <br /><br />I agree with it.<br /><br />i would , howver, take the more agressive view (from US mindset).<br /><br />we have no business telling other countries how to live, en PUNTO!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851163370258594999.post-11006191128682474272009-12-09T13:42:40.529-05:002009-12-09T13:42:40.529-05:00After all, didn't the foreign turistas floodin...<i>After all, didn't the foreign turistas flooding into Spain have the same impact on Franco?</i><br /><br />Umm... you are aware that Spain is no longer fascist right? And that Cuba is still socialist?leftsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00676827005815770066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851163370258594999.post-3225931732236102292009-12-09T12:31:40.600-05:002009-12-09T12:31:40.600-05:00Re Kerry on USAID civil society programs: “Bush’s ...Re Kerry on USAID civil society programs: “Bush’s refocus on regime change made it difficult for Cubans outside declared antiregime groups to accept the informational materials or assistance offered – even if they had a burning desire for it.”<br /><br />Why, why, WHY wasn't this genious elected president?<br /><br />OF COURSE Cubans have no right to read, hear or watch ANYTHING which diverges, in the slightest degree, from the Party line.<br /><br />And the torrent of mojito guzzling, non-Spanish speaking yuma tourists whom Kerry wants to enrich the Castro brothers will have a major impact in persuading the tyranny that Cubans *do* have any so-called "human rights." Correct, Senator?<br /><br />After all, didn't the foreign turistas flooding into Spain have the same impact on Franco?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com