Comments on: Obama’s Golden Opportunity to Tackle the Castro Regime

By: Carlos W

Carlos W — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 04:30:36 +0000

By all accounts the Cuban people are far better under Fidel then Batista. No more is the country the highly segregated and oppressed land where the soldiers marched through the rural areas killing and burning at will. No more is the average citizen underfed and illiterate. Fidel introduced free education and free health care to all people, and gave the poor families children an education.

For every literate Cuban under Batista there is 3 Cuban DOCTORS under Fidel. Also, Cuba sends more doctors overseas to help with disaster relief then any other country, usually ten to twenty times as much as most Europian countrys and much more then USA’s number of 0. He also builds hospitals and sends medical supplies for them to use. The amount of Cuban doctors in Africa alone is staggering, and is the only reason that real progress is being made in the backward and damaging medical condition of their tribal areas.

Maybe that is why Fidel is a long- standing member of the UN’s Human Rights Commitee. That is something you can’t say about an American president. Not bad for an “evil dictator” under a 40 year trade embargo.

By: JackT

JackT — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 06:58:03 +0000

I agree with you on this. But I also think that Raul will be more inclined to take bolder steps once Fidel is dead. It’s very hard to gauge what’s going on down there right now. I believe Obama is in a wait a see mode, besides, he has a full plate of pressing global issues to deal with. I am more than confident that there will be major positive changes in US/Cuban relations b4 his first term ends.

By: Alex Barreras

Alex Barreras — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:16:51 +0000

Well, my heart doesn’t break for you or anybody else who thinks can tell me how much money is enough to send my family without ever setting foot in Cuba, not knowing how much that salary really buys or going hungry one day of your lives. It doesn’t break for anybody who ran away like cowards leaving my generation and the generations afterwards to deal with the mess they created and now have the gall of telling us we must suffer for them to get their island back. Fight Castro, don’t fight the Cubans. And it certainly doesn’t break for those who use Cuba as an electoral tactic to get elected in Miami -y no te hagas tú el bobo and don’t make me laugh with the “Obama is breaking a promise, oh how distasteful” whine, when there have been thousands of those and 99% of them are given by Republicans.

By: deguello

deguello — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:01:59 +0000

Middleman: oh yes it does,through its drug cartels, and the illegal invasion of the US,and the allied greed of sleazy US sweatshop owners and their lobbyists, like the moron Bush,and the even more moronic Obama.

By: Middleman

Middleman — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:06:37 +0000

Henry,
Mexico doesn’t project power outside of it’s borders like the US does. It holds as much sway over Cuba as Jamaica. With the embargo lifted I don’t expect any popular revolt. What I do expect is that the Cuba population will slowly but surely drop the Communist doctrines because of what is becoming more available to them in terms of goods and services. It’s what happened in China, Vietnam, and every other former communist state that has not completely isolated itself. China and Vietnam still have a regime, and Cuba probably still will have the regime in some form, but it will lose the grip it enjoys. Better that than giving Fidel and Raul what they want- a reason to fight.

By: JD

JD — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:20:16 +0000

Just so long as he doesn’t decide to emulate Ken Livingstone (and I’m only half-joking):

http://trackacrat.com/2009/03/09/foreign-leftie-award/

By: vivo

vivo — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:29:46 +0000

“President Obama has several options available to him:”

There is only one:

” lifting all of the current sanctions.”

9. Middleman:

“My family owned property in Cuba before the reds took over. It would be nice to try to reclaim it, but the embargo isn’t getting us closer to that goal.”

Gomez: What did I say?

By: Henry Gomez

Henry Gomez — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 06:01:21 +0000

Alex,

No, it’s up to presidents to tell congress what they will regard as poison pills that they won’t swallow. That’s why none of that crap ever made it to George W. Bush’s desk and you know it. No te hagas el bobo. And my heart doesn’t break for you or anyone else who could LEGALLY send FIVE times the Cuban average monthly salary every month.

And what you’re saying is that campaign promises don’t matter especially one that was so distasteful for him to make in the first place. It just reaffirms the fact that Obama is not change, he’s not a superhero, he’s a lying sack of crap.

Middleman,

Proximity has nothing to do with it. Mexico is just as close to Cuba as the U.S. is. The “remove the excuse” argument is hollow. Let’s say we remove the excuse. What then? An revolt by the populace? Please. The people with the power to influence change in Cuba are the international community and they, like you, know the embargo is just an excuse. Removing it won’t change their hatred for the U.S. and support for the regime.

By: NeoKong

NeoKong — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:25:44 +0000

Hey Henry…you sure get around.
Good article.

By: John Galt

John Galt — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:49:26 +0000

In short, I believe that Barack Obama has the moral authority to rally the international community to join the U.S. in demanding freedom for Cuba’s political prisoners and concrete steps toward a democratic transition.>>

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Why would a Marxist like Hussein want to do that? What he is trying to do is bring Cuban Marxism out of the U.S. cold and use it as a exmple of how Marist governments are best for the people that they rule (Hugo Chavez and VZ being anoather), which he intends to bring about in the U.S.

The content of Mr. Gomez article is based upon a false premise regarding Hussein’s intentions.