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Friday, June 30, 2006

Are we the right folks for the job?

Another one from cnn.com getting my attention. Apparently we are getting ready for that day when Fidel Castro is gone and we can spread "democracy" in Cuba. The Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba (catchy name; sounds like a PAC preparing to fund Jeb Bush's presidential run) recommends that "the U.S. government will need to be prepared well in advance to help in the event assistance is requested by the Cuban transition government."
By request assistance do they mean Raul Castro decrying the United States as an Empire and calling our government Cuba's worst enemy? If that's what they mean then I'm sure we'll have soldiers, I mean peace keepers, and propagandists, uhh I mean humanitarian aid workers there in no time. The job they say we will be needed to do "would include freeing all political prisoners, legalizing all political activity, conducting democratic elections and establishing a free press," says the commission.
Hmm. . . "freeing all political prisoners" they mean Cubans right, we can still hold them there. That's still okay. Conducting "democratic elections" . . . with untraceable, unaccountable, fixable electronic ballots right? Maybe Ken Blackwell can preside over the whole election and Mel Martinez can be the prime minister. Establishing a "free press" . . . no nosy New York Times. By freedom of the press we mean free to report whatever we tell you to.
I know Castro won't be there forever but I'm just having a real hard time believing the Cuban people will be better off under Condoleeza Rice and Alberto Gonzales.

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